The late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Ibrahim Attahiru, and other officers who died in a plane crash on Friday, May 21, in Kaduna have been laid to rest at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja on Saturday.
Honour guards performed the 21-gun salute for the late COAS at the military cemetery while friends and families in a sober mood listened to commands by Guards of the Nigerian Army.
A live video from the burial ceremony of the deceased heroes was posted on the Facebook page of the Nigerian Army which was monitored by Defence Correspondent Olayemi Esan from the venue of the burial.
Abuja City Journal reported the arrival of their remains at the presidential wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport Abuja on Saturday, May 22. was immediately taken to the National Mosque, Abuja for prayers according to Islamic rites.
Also moment the wives of Attahiru and other officers arrived at the mosque, well wishers approached them to console the Widows for their late husband's.
While funeral rites for the late COAS and six other officers was going on at the National Mosque, Abuja, the rites for four others was held at the Nigerian Air Force Protestant Church respectively.
The late COAS was said to be on his way to Kaduna to attend the passing-out parade of army recruits scheduled for Saturday, May 22. Unfortunately, he and 10 other senior officers did not make it to their destination as their aircraft crashed near Kaduna International Airport.
Flight Lt. Alfred Ayodeji Olufade was one of the officers onboard the ill-fated aircraft that crashed.
Friends and sympathisers have expressed sadness over the demise of Olufade, who got married about three months ago.
Hours after the confirmation of his death, pictures and videos from his wedding in February began to circulate on social media.
Meanwhile, one of the crew members of the aircraft that crashed, Sergeant Adesina Opeyemi Deeziah, had spoken of a coming disaster.
Reports say about a month before the tragedy, Sergeant Deeziah had shared a prophecy that there would be a disaster in May and called on Nigerians to pray against it.
