Nigeria’s chief of army staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, feared dead in plane crash

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Ibrahim Attahiru

Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru [Photo credit: BBC]

The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, is dead; he died in a plane crash in Kaduna, Peoples Gazette has learnt from military sources.

Attahiru was appointed chief of army staff on January 26, succeeding Tukur Buratai. He was 54.

He died alongside other military chiefs who were on the same flight, sources said. The presidency has already been briefed about the development.

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