Nigeria 'unbowed' despite killing of Chief of Army Staff, top commanders
In this file photo taken on October 4, 2017 Commander of the Operation Lafiya Dole Major General Ibrahim Attahiru speaks at the army headquarters, in Maiduguri, Borno State in northcentral Nigeria.
Although the air mishap that happened due to a heavy downpour and inclement weather claimed the lives of top commanders, the army said it remained resolute in combatting security challenges in the country.
Nigeria Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, and his encourage were buried in Abuja on Saturday, a day on which they had planned to be guests at the pass-out parade of Regular Recruit Intakes of the Depot Nigerian Army.
Attahiru, who would have turned 55 in August, and seven others, were on their way to Zaria in Kaduna, Northwest Nigeria, to attend the ceremony when the Beachcraft Super King 350 plane they were travelling in crashed near Kaduna Airport on Friday.
