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The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru has been killed in a plane crash in Kaduna, Peoples Gazette has learnt from military sources.

Mr Attahiru was appointed chief of army staff on January 26, succeeding Tukur Buratai. He was 54.

Mr Attahiru was killed alongside other military chiefs who were on the same flight, sources said. The presidency has already been briefed about the development.

The Nigerian Air Force has now issued a statement confirming that there was a crash, but did not immediately say the personalities onboard.

“An air crash involving a Nigerian Air Force aircraft occurred this evening near the Kaduna International Airport. The immediate cause of the crash is still being ascertained. More details to follow soon,” spokesman Edward Gabkwet said.

The plane was the third military jet operated by the Nigerian Air Force to crash this year.

Details shortly…

More Information now emerges on how the former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai and other Service Chiefs plundered the Military Pension Treasury domiciled with Central Bank of Nigeria.

Information uncovered by initially uncovered by PointBlank News revealed that on 31^st December, 2020, Buratai and other Service Chiefs, including the leadership of Military Pension Board fleeced a whopping sum of N2.5b the same minute the said sum hit the Military Pension Account No. NGNAS99912100001, domiciled with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN.

Further checks revealed that the beneficiaries are mostly Bureau De Change operators, a Local Government Chairman, and others who are neither Military Pensioners nor people who have anything to do with the Military. In the same vein, these accounts with new generation banks (names withheld) of associates, friends and family members, were used to wipe off the entire fund that hit Military Pension Board Account on 30^th December, 2020.

Among the names used and amount routed out through their accounts include:

1. Ahmed Ibrahim N44,562,100.85

2. Abbas Muhammed N35,119,089.09

3. Abdulaziz Umar N86,159,030.85

4. Abdullahi Abubakar N48,459,602.97

5. Abdullahi Haruna N44,582,100.65

6. Abdullahi Usman N48,459,602.97

7. Abubakar Abdullaziz Abba N48,459,602.97

8. Abubakar Aliyu Salis N44,562,100.85

9. Abubakar Ismail N48,459,602.97

10. Abubakar Muhammad N48,459,602.97

11. Abubakar Yusuf N48,459,602.97

12. Ali Mustapha N48,459,602.97

13. Aminu Hussaini N48,459,602.97

14. Ari Salisu Adamu N48,459,602.97

15. Ayuba Yusuf N48,459,602.97

16. Bala Aminu N48,459,602.97

18. Bello Ado N48,459,602.97

19. Bello Ali N48,459,602.97

20. Bello Mustapha N48,459,602.97

21. Dauda Adamu N48,459,602.97

22. Faruku Sanusi Buku N48,459,602.97

23. Haruna N48,459,602.97

24. Haruna Shuaibu N86,159,030.85

25. Ibrahim Hussaini N48,459,602.97

26. Idris Muhammed N48,459,602.97

27. Idris Yakubu N48,459,602.97

28. Isah Salisu Tanko N48,459,602.97

29. Isah Usman Dogo N48,459,602.97

30. Isah Zachari Jubril N48,459,602.97

31. Isyaku Abdullahi Mohammed N48,459,602.97

32. Jamilu Usman N48,459,602.97

33. Kabiru Yushua Abubakar N48,459,602.97

34. Kazeem Mohammed N86,159,030.85

35. Khalid zaharaddeen Abdurahman N86,149,030.85

36. Lawan Aminu Maina N48,459,602.97

37. Mohammed Kabiru N48,459,602.97

38. Mohammed Mohammed N48,459,602.97

39. Mubarak Batta Jidda N48,459,602.97

40. Muhammad Salihu Zakari N48,459,602.97

41. Muktar Abubakar N48,459,602.97

42. Munkaila Yazid N48,459,602.97

43. Musa Umar Kalgwai N86,159,030.85

44. Rabiu Anas N48,459,602.97

45. Sani Abubakar Bakori N44,582,100.65

46. Shafiu Tijani Salihawa N48,459,602.97

47. Shehu Hassan N48,459,602.97

48. Umar Shuaibu N48,459,602.97

49. Yakubu Salisu Salisu N86,159,030.85

50. Yau Yusuf Ahmad N44,582,100.65

Recall that the National Security Adviser Mohammed Babagana Monguno has recently alleged that the immediate past Army leadership could not give account of the Billions of Dollars collected by it for arms purchases, a position he later shifted and claimed to have been quoted out of context.

Nigerians decried the recent non-career appointment of the immediate past Service Chiefs by President Muhammadu Buhari, insisting that the appointment was hastily done by President Buhari to give the Service Chiefs a shield from prosecution over many allegations bordering on criminal diversion of funds and corruption enrichment of selves by the service chiefs at the detriment of Nigerians who are daily killed, maimed and raped by terrorists, bandits and other criminals.

Chief of Army Staff

BREAKING: 116 days in Office, Nigeria’s chief of army staff Ibrahim Attahiru is dead

The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff Ibrahim Attahiru has been killed in a plane crash in Kaduna, Peoples Gazette has learnt from military sources.

Exposed: How Buratai, Other Service Chiefs Empty N2.5b from Military Pension Board In 24hrs

More Information now emerges on how the former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai and other Service Chiefs plundered the Military Pension Treasury domiciled with Central Bank of Nigeria.