NAF plane crash, national loss – PDP Chieftain, Coffie

A Chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party successful Akwa Ibom State, Emem Coffie has described the Nigerian Air Force craft clang arsenic a nationalist disaster.

He called for a discreet probe into the incidental to ascertain the contiguous and distant causes to forestall a reoccurrence.

Recall that a NAF ATR-42 craft crashed during a regular enactment ngo from Benin City to Lagos connected Monday, October 5, 2026, wherever 32 persons connected committee mislaid their lives.

Air postulation controllers reportedly mislaid interaction with the craft astatine astir 9:13 a.m.

Commiserating with the Air Force, families of the deceased and Nigerians successful general, Coffie, successful a connection connected Wednesday, noted that the deceased serviceman had made the utmost sacrifice for the security, unity and peaceful coexistence of the nation.

He besides called connected the national authorities to amusement capable empathy and compensation to families of the deceased.

According to him, “I americium profoundly saddened by the clang of a Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 craft adjacent a naval basal successful Ondo State, South-West Nigeria. Sadly, the authorities person reported nary survivors among the 3...