President Muhammdu Buhari has described deceased Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and the other 19 people who died in a military plane crash on Friday as heroes who played the ultimate price.
He also described the tragedy as a mortal blow on the country’s battle against insecurity.
The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this in a statement titled ‘President Buhari expresses shock, sorrow over death of Lt. Gen. Attahiru, others.”
Adesina quoted the President as consoling families of the deceased, the military, and Nigerians in general, describing them as “heroes who paid the ultimate price for peace and security in the land.”
According to the statement, while praying that God receives the souls of the patriots, the President said the crash “is one mortal blow to our underbelly, at a time our armed forces are poised to end the security challenges facing the country.”
