Nigeria's top army commander Attahiru killed in air crash

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff.

Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru, Nigeria's Chief of Army Staff, died in a plane crash on May 21, 2021. PHOTO | COURTESY

Nigeria's top-ranking army commander Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru and other top military officers were killed on Friday evening when their plane crashed in bad weather near Kaduna International Airport in the country’s north, officials said.

Other top officials who perished in the crash include Brigadier General M. Abdulkadir, Brigadier General S. Olayinka and Brigadier General A. Kuliya.