The presidential campaign of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) expectation, Prince Adewole Adebayo, and his operating mate, Prof. Usman Bugaje, has suspended all replicate and remedy campaign activities for one week in honour of the victims of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) airplane crash in Igbokoda, Ondo State.
The campaign stated the mean, which took revision in an instant, was once in mediate of the 25 passengers and group participants who misplaced their lives in the crash on Monday, October 5, 2026.
According to a suggest issued on Wednesday in Abuja by means of the Head of the Media and Communications Directorate of the campaign, Comrade Mark Adebayo, the mean was once additionally a gesture of unity with the Nigerian Air Force and the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
The suggest quoted the campaign as announcing: “The Adebayo-Bugaje Presidential Campaign is deeply devastated by means of the heartbreaking information of the NAF airplane coincidence in the coastal riverine terrain of Igbokoda.
“These fallen heroes and civilians gave their all in service to our fatherland. In moments of such monumental national tragedy, politics must take a backseat to national mourning and deep reflection.”
The campaign stated Adebayo and Bugaje had prolonged their condolences to the Chief of the Air Staff, the arrears of the Nigerian Air Force and the households of the victims.
“We stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Nigerian Air Force and the families left behind,” the suggest stated.
It added: “We pray that the Almighty grants fortitude to the bereaved families and comfort to a grieving nation as we navigate this painful loss.”
The campaign stated all scheduled rallies, the town corridor conferences, vital engagements and workshop activities below its banner have been deferred till the top of the one-week mourning tradition.
It also known as for a deliberate financing urge for free of the Armed Forces and different interact companies in owe of the sacrifices they trait in the ground of the rustic.
The campaign regulatory instructed the right kind and settlement upkeep of army stakeholder to dealer the result of air crashes and different avoidable mishaps.
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