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    REVEALED: Terrorism Sponsors Allegedly Plot Air Crash That Killed Ex-Army Chief, Gen. Attahiru

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    January 23, 2024
    Late Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru
    Late Chief of Army Staff Lt General Ibrahim Attahiru

    REVEALED: Terrorism Sponsors Allegedly Plot Air Crash That Killed Ex-Army Chief, Gen. Attahiru

     

    Retired Maj Gen Danjuma Ali-Keffi (rtd), the former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division of the Nigerian Army revealed that terror financiers were behind the plane crash that killed the ex Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lit. General Ibrahim Attahiru.

     

    Therefore, he called on President Bola Tinubu to probe the incident that led to untimely demise of the former Army boss along other senior military officers.

     

    Gen. Ali-Keffi made the appeal in an interview with the This Day newspaper.

     

    He lamented on how the “suspicious” plane crash and the matter was swept under the carpet, as the full report of the crash investigation was not made known.

     

    According to Ali-Keffi, Attahiru devised the strategy to end terrorism in the North, part of which was infiltration of terror groups and the instigation of crisis among terror leaders, which culminated in the elimination of Boko Haram leader, Abubakar Shekau, by a rival terror group, Islamic State for West African Province (ISWAP).

     

    Part of the strategy was to also cut off the oxygen of terrorism, including funding and logistics, and to take down terror financiers, Ali-Keffi stated.

     

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    However, Attahiru and 11 senior military officers died in a plane crash in Kaduna, when the aircraft was preparing to land at the Kaduna International Airport. The crash also killed the crew members.

     

    Ali-Keffi, who had been billed to receive the late army chief, as GOC 1 Division in Kaduna, pointed to the sudden change of time for Attahiru’s trip to Kaduna, the change of aircraft, change of airport of landing, from the military airstrip to the Kaduna International Airport, his landing in a turbulent, stormy weather, and the ear-shattering explosion that occurred before the crash.

     

    He also pointed to the fact that there was no crater or impact on the crash area, noting that the bodies of the passengers were flung out of the aircraft and burnt beyond recognition long before the aircraft came down, a strong indication that there was an “explosion”.

     

    Recall that the ill-fated crash involved a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) plane. It occurred near the Kaduna International Airport in bad weather.

     

    Attahiru, one of the victims, was on his way to Kaduna to attend a passing-out parade for army recruits.

    The Nigerian Army had listed the officers, who died in the crash, to include Attahiru, Brig Gen. M. I. Abdulkadir, Brig. Gen. Olayinka, Brig. Gen. Kuliya, Maj. L.A. Hayat, Maj. Hamza, and Sgt. Umar.

     

    The crew members were Flt. Lt. T.O. Asaniyi, Flt. Lt., A.A. Olufade, Sgt. Adesina, and ACM Oyedepo.

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