Attahiru: OPC Calls For Interrogation Of Air Force Chief

The Oodua Peoples Congress, (New Era ) has called for proper investigation into the cause of the plane crash that killed the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru and ten other officers of the Nigerian Army.

OPC in a press release signed by the National Public Relations Officer, Mr Adesina Akinpelu, said the group received the news of the death of Attahiru and ten others with rude shock, challenging President Muhammadu Buhari to set up an independent investigation team to unravel the real cause of the plane crash.

The Chief of Army Staff and 10 others including four crew members were killed when the Beechcraft 350 went down in Kaduna on Friday evening.

The group said the number of crashes that had occurred since the new Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, assumed the position had become too many and needed to be probed.

The group commiserated with the families of the victims and pray God to give them the fortitude to bear the losses.

The statement read, “As a group we suspected ‘foul play’, in initial excuse given by the Accident Investigation Bureau that the crash was due to bad weather. We however use this medium to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to institute an independent investigation team to unravel the real cause of the plane crash that claimed the life of Attahiru and ten others.”

The group added that in just four months since Attahiru assumed the position of Chief of Army Staff, he has shown the tenacity and zeal to perform by taking the battle to terrorists den.

It reads further, “We believe there is more to the plane crash that claimed the life of Attahiru and ten others than meet the eye. Now that the black box has been obtained, Nigerians want to know what really happened?

“The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao should also be invited for questioning. In less than four months since he assumed office, we have had three air mishap that claimed the lives of many promising officers.”