Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other military personnel were reportedly killed when a training aircraft crashed in Kaduna State on Friday evening.

No fewer than 11 persons were reportedly killed when a military training aircraft crashed in Kaduna State on Friday evening.

The Nigerian Army confirmed that the ill-fated Beachcraft 350 aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport on Friday.

In the statement released on the Army’s verified Twitter handle on Friday, Attahiru and 10 other officers and crew members died instantly after the plane crashed at the airport’s runway.

“The Nigerian Army regrets to announce the passing away of its Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Ibrahim Attahiru. The sad event occurred following an air crash in Kaduna which also claimed the lives of 10 other officers including the crew.

“The COAS was enroute Kaduna from Abuja on Friday, 21 May, 2021 when the unfortunate incident happened,” the statement read.

WUZUPNIGERIA gathered that the victims would be laid to rest on Saturday in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.