The 80th Passing out Parade of the Depot Nigerian Army, Zaria where Chief of Army Staff Lt-Gen Ibrahim Attahiru was billed to attend has been cancelled after he died in a plane crash on Friday.

Attahiru was billed to be the Reviewing Officer at the PoP in Zaria on Saturday, Daily Trust has learnt.

But he alongside 10 others died when their military plane crashed on Friday at the Kaduna International Airport.

“The COAS was to arrive in Kaduna on Friday and sleep over at his guest house. He was then expected to pay homage to the Emir of Zazzau, Ambassador Ahmed Nuhu Bamali on Saturday before proceeding to the depot for the PoP,” a source said.

However, a source within the depot who pleaded anonymity said, “Everything has been put on hold till the remains of the deceased are laid to rest.”

Daily Trust reports that 4,198 recruits passed out at the 79th edition of the recruit intake in July, 2020.

PrinceOfLagos:
Something must kill a man

owobokiri:
He had to fly in yesterday so he will be able to "sleep over and pay homage to emir of Zazzau (goodluck pronouncing that towns name without biting your tongue)" BEFORE attending the PoP.
Nobody knows when tragedy will strike, but since this happened, I have always thought that as a supposedly busy Army chief directing "war efforts" in multiple fronts. , he could have flown to Kaduna today, finished with the PoP whatever before noon and get back to his desk for sundry matters before the end of the day...

Why the homage to the overdressed and highly useless emir? What is the essence of the homage to these funny looking emirs? Are they the local garrison commanders?? The time Burutai mowed down hundreds of shites in Zaria few years ago, he was also on his way to pay homage to the emir of Zaria! These are top military officers and not politicians or local Chiefs. What are they always doing with all these moribund emirs?

TotoGame:



That's the same emir ....the emir of zazzau (zaria)

NwaAmaikpe:

owobokiri:
He had to fly in yesterday so he will be able to "sleep over and pay homage to emir of Zazzau (goodluck pronouncing that towns name without biting your tongue)" BEFORE attending the PoP.
Nobody knows when tragedy will strike, but since this happened, I have always thought that as a supposedly busy Army chief directing "war efforts" in multiple fronts. , he could have flown to Kaduna today, finished with the PoP whatever before noon and get back to his desk for sundry matters before the end of the day...

Why the homage to the overdressed and highly useless emir? What is the essence of the homage to these funny looking emirs? Are they the local garrison commanders?? The time Burutai mowed down hundreds of shites in Zaria few years ago, he was also on his way to pay homage to the emir of Zaria! These are top military officers and not politicians or local Chiefs. What are they always doing with all these moribund emirs?

DasaintHope:
Rip to the lost soul. One of the pilots was my friend while I was serving in the western Naval Command HQ in Lagos.