ABUJA (Reuters) – Nigeria’s army chief Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru has died in a plane crash on Friday, three military sources told Reuters.
The air force said in a statement that its plane crashed near Kaduna airport on Friday and it is investigating the immediate cause of the crash.
(Reporting by Paul Carsten and Camillus Eboh; Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha; Editing by Chris Reese)