Nigeria’s Army Staff Lt. Gen Attahiru Ibrahim was buried along with six more senior officers in the capital, Abuja, on Saturday

Gen Ibrahim Attahiru was killed in a military plane crash in the city of Kaduna on Friday evening along with 9 other military officers, including three generals and two majors

Gen Attahiru, 55, was appointed Chief of the Nigerian army by President Muhammadu Buhari in Jan, 2021

Other generals who also died in the air crash were named as Brig-Gen Mohammed Idris Abdulkadir, 50, Chief of Staff to Gen Attahiru, Brig-Gen Olatunji Lukman Olayinka, 51, Provost Marshall Nigerian Army and Brig-Gen Abdulrahman Kuliya, 53, Ag. Chief of Military Intelligence

Other military personnel travelling with the COAS include his ADC Maj Lawal Aliyu Hayat, 42, Maj Nura Hamza, 42, the Deputy director of Finance and Sgt. Saidu Umar, 36, Orderly to the COAS

The crew members – The flight captain, Air Force Flt-Lt TO Asaniyi, 29, Flt-Lt AA Olufade, 29, the co-pilot, Sgt. Isaiah Adesina, 33, and the youngest victim 23-year-old Aircraftman Mathew Oyedepo were all killed in the crash

Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Attahiru was buried Saturday in accordance with Muslim rights in the country’s capital Abuja, following his death in a military plane crash that killed all 10 people aboard, on the evening of Friday, May 21.
The Air Force aircraft, according to a Nigerian Armed Forces bulletin, crashed “at about 6 PM local time, with the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru in company of his entourage, who were on official trip from Abuja to Kaduna,” killing Gen Attahiru along with Brig-Gen Mohammed Idris Abdulkadir, 50, Chief of Staff to Gen Attahiru, Brig-Gen Olatunji Lukman Olayinka, 51, Provost Marshall Nigerian Army and Brig-Gen Abdulrahman Kuliya, 53, Ag. Chief of Military Intelligence.
Other military personnel travelling with the COAS include his ADC Maj Lawal Aliyu Hayat, 42, Maj Nura Hamza, 42, the Deputy director of Finance and Sgt. Saidu Umar, 36, Orderly to the COAS.
The crew members of Air Force Flt-Lt TO Asaniyi, 29, the flight captain, Flt-Lt AA Olufade, 29, the co-pilot, Sgt. Isaiah Adesina, 33, and the youngest victim 23-year-old Aircraftman Mathew Oyedepo were all killed in the crash, as well.

The military aircraft with the Nigerian Army brass aboard reportedly, was forced to land in inclement weather on arrival in Kaduna.
The death of Gen Attahiru, 55, comes barely four months after his appointment to the post of Chief of Army. in President Muhammadu Buhari replaced all service chiefs in January 2021

The death of Gen Attahiru, 55, comes barely four months after his appointment to the post of Chief of Army. in President Muhammadu Buhari replaced all service chiefs in January 2021.
Neither president Buhari nor his Vice President Yinka Osibajo was present at the funeral services and burial at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja on Saturday. They were represented by the Minister of defense

The funeral services took place at the National Mosque and National Christian Centre, in the federal capital territory Abuja.
Burial with full military honors took take place at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja same day.

Gen Attahiru joined the Nigerian army in 1984 and was commissioned an Infantry Second Lieutenant in 1986 after graduating from the Nigerian Defense Academy. He later attended the Armed Forces Command Staff College, and the Nigerian Army school of Infantry.
He later obtained a Masters degree in Strategic Management and Policy Studies from the Nigerian Defense Academy, as well as, a Masters of Science in Human Resources Management and Development form Salford University, UK. He also obtained a Diploma in International Studies from di University of Nairobi, Kenya.

Military personnel killed in the Friday crash of the military plane crash in Kaduna, Nigeria:
Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru Chief of Army Staff
Brig-Gen Mohammed Idris Abdulkadir Chief of Staff to the COAS
Brig-Gen Olatunji Lukman Olayinka, Provost Marshall Nigerian Army
Brig-Gen Abdulrahman Kuliya, Ag Chief of Military Intelligence
Maj Lawal Aliyu Hayat, ADC to Chief of Army Staff
Maj Nura Hamza Deputy Dir Finance, office of Chief of Army Staff
Sgt. Saidu Umar – Orderly to Gen Attahiru

Crew members include:
Flt-Lt TO Asaniyi, Captain of the flight
Flt-Lt AA Olufade Co-Pilot
Sgt. Isaiah Adesina
Aircraftman Mathew Oyedepo