By Our Reporter, Abuja
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has declared a three-day national mourning in honour of personnel who died in Sunday’s Nigerian Air Force ATR-42 aircraft crash near Igbokoda, Ondo State.
The President also directed that flags be flown at half-mast nationwide during the mourning period.
The aircraft, with 32 persons on board, was said to be on a routine flight from Benin to Lagos when it crashed.
President Tinubu described the incident as a painful moment for the nation, condoled with the Chief of Air Staff and families of the victims, and ordered a thorough investigation into the cause of the crash.
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