Breaking: Another Military Aircraft Crashes

By Gideon Njoku

A Nigerian Military Alpha Jet reportedly crashed Sunday morning, “within Kaduna State.”

According to a report first carried by Daily Post, the Aircraft was on its way from Yola, its base, to Kaduna, in pursuit of Bandits when it crashed.

The Nigerian Military has not confirmed the crash, and there is no news, yet,of the crew members. It is not known if there are fatalities, or they were just injured, or they ejected to safety.

If the alleged crash is, eventually, confirmed by Military authorities, it will be one too many.

Within a period of a few months, the Military has witnessed about four fatal crashes. In one of the crashes in May, Lt. General Ibrahim Attahiru, then Chief of Army Staff, perished with six others, including two Brigadier-Generals. They were on an official trip to Kaduna when the Aircraft crashed. There were no survivors.