Tinubu orders national mourning after 32 die in Ondo military crash
A Nigerian military aircraft crashed in southern Ondo State on Monday, killing all 32 people aboard. President Bola Tinubu declared three days of national mourning and ordered an investigation, as the disaster became one of Nigeria’s deadliest air crashes in recent years.
The aircraft was carrying 25 passengers and seven crew on a routine flight from Benin City to Lagos when it crashed near a naval base in Igbokoda. Search and rescue efforts followed, but the victims’ identities have not been released; authorities said they would inform families first. The ATR-42 crash follows two deadly Nigerian military plane accidents in 2021.
- A military aircraft crash in Ondo State killed 32 people.
- Nigeria declared three days of national mourning.
- The cause is under investigation.
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A military aircraft carrying 32 people crashed in Nigeria's Ondo State on Monday, killing all aboard. The aircraft was on a routine flight from Benin City to Lagos when it went down near a naval base in Igbokoda.
The incident is one of Nigeria's deadliest aviation disasters in recent years, prompting President Bola Tinubu to declare three days of national mourning and order an investigation. It comes after two other fatal military aviation accidents that occurred in Nigeria in 2021.
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Originally published by BBC World as “Nigeria mourns as 32 killed in military plane crash”.