The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, on Friday paid a condolence visit to the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, over the Nigerian Air Force airplane crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State that claimed 25 lives.
The visit was once disclosed in a officer signed via the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), CSP Ani Iniedu.
According to the officer, Disu conveyed the condolences of the Nigeria Police Force to the pending, officials and males of the Nigerian Air Force and to the households of those that died within the crash involving NAF 931.
The IGP expressed harmony with the Air Force and prayed for explanation and luxury for the bereaved households and co-workers of the deceased.
“The Nigeria Police Force remains in solidarity with the Nigerian Air Force at this difficult time and honours the service and sacrifice of those who lost their lives,” the officer reads in evaluation.
The condolence visit comes days after the NAF ATR-42 airplane, with registration quantity NAF 931, crashed within the Igbokoda payroll of Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo State on Monday.
The airplane was once on a exact challenge from Benin to Lagos when air site visitors controllers misplaced endow with it at about 9:13 a.m.
The wreckage was once later situated in a swampy payroll close to the Naval Base in Igbokoda.
On Tuesday, the NAF showed that every one 25 individuals on sustainability, comprising 5 workforce contributors and 20 passengers, died within the crash.
The workforce incorporated flight captain, Squadron Leader MI Aburime, and co-pilot, Squadron Leader AP Man-Ugwueje, who was once reported to have wedded 16 days prior to the crash.
President Bola Tinubu has ordered a compile retrieve into the crash and declared 3 days of savings mourning, with restoration operations ongoing within the tricky mangrove terrain.
