President Muhammadu Buhari was conspicuously missing at the
burial of the late Chief of Army Staff, General Ibrahim Attahiru, on Saturday.
Attahiru died in a plane crash close to the Kaduna Airport
on Friday.
10 other officers were also killed when the Beachcraft 350
aircraft came down due to bad weather.
Their remains were on Saturday moved to the National Mosque
and the Nigerian Air Force Protestant Church venues of prayers.
The burial rites started around 1pm and was attended by top
dignitaries in Nugeria’s Armed Forces.
Their bodies were later moved to the National Military
Cemetery for the interment ceremony, where they were honoured with a 21-gun
salute.
Buhari, last night, mourned the departed as “heroes who paid
the ultimate price for peace and security in the land”.
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