Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other officers’ death is a national tragedy, Goodluck Jonathan mourns.
Gatekeepers News reports that the former President, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has extended his condolences to President Muhammadu Buhari over the death of the nation’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Attahiru and other officers who died in an air crash on Friday in Kaduna State, Northern Nigeria.
Jonathan also consoled with the Nigerian Armed Forces and the families of the deceased.
“I extend my condolences to the Commander-in-Chief, President @MBuhari, Nigerian Armed Forces and the families of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru, the late Chief of Army Staff and other military officers who died on Friday in an air crash in Kaduna State.
“The death of these officers is a national tragedy, as the victims were patriots who died with their boots on, in our collective quest for peace and security.
“May God console the families of all the bereaved and restore unto them strength and peace,” Jonathan said in a statement seen by Gatekeepers News on Saturday.
