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Families of late COAS, 11 others get aide from VSF

Families of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers, who passed away in the May 21, 2021 Nigerian Air Force crash in Kaduna State,

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The flags of the Nigerian Army and Nigerian Air Force are seen at half-mast during a military burial ceremony to honour the officers killed in a plane crash, at the National Military Cemetery, Abuja, Nigeria on May 22, 2021. - Nigeria's top-ranking army commander General Ibrahim Attahiru was killed with 10 military officers on May 21, 2021 when his plane crashed in the country's north. (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP)

Families of the late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and 10 other officers, who passed away in the May 21, 2021 Nigerian Air Force crash in Kaduna State, have received assistance from Victims Support Fund (VSF).

Chairman of VSF, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Y. Danjuma (rtd), approved the aide. The VSF team, led by Executive Director, Prof. Nana Tanko, on behalf of Danjuma, made a cash donation of N23 million to the families.
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