Senate shift national security summit in honour of 25 officers killed in NAF crash

The Senate has postponed its two-day National Security Summit scheduled for Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, 13, 2026, successful honour of victims of the Nigerian Air Force, NAF ATR-42 craft crash.

The precocious enclosure announced the postponement connected Tuesday, saying it was consequent upon the tragic clang successful Igbokoda, office of Ilaje Local Government Area, Ondo State.

Leader of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee connected the National Security Summit, Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed this successful a connection helium personally signed connected Tuesday.

The NAF ATR-42 craft crashed connected Monday, claiming the lives of officers and unit members connected board.

The Senate had convened the information acme to reappraisal the country’s perennial information challenges and suggest pragmatic solutions to warrant information of lives and property.

Bamidele said the ad-hoc committee had concluded plans to clasp the acme aft completion of zonal nationalist hearings, but the clang necessitated the postponement.

President Bola Tinubu had earlier declared 3 days of nationalist mourning successful honour of the victims and directed that nationalist flags beryllium flown astatine half-mast nationwide.

With the declaration, the Senate resolved that the acme beryllium deferred till further announcement successful honour...