Insecurity: Former chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, murdered

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Insecurity: Former chief of defence staff, Alex Badeh, murdered

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Tuesday, has announced that former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, has been shot dead.

In a statement in Abuja, Director of Public Relations and Information, NAF, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, said that the former defence chief died from gunshot injuries sustained when his vehicle was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi road on Tuesday, and described the incident as “unfortunate”.

“On behalf of officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, commiserates with the family of the late former Chief of Defence Staff over this irreparable loss.

Alex Sabundu Badeh, born on January 10, 1957, would have been 62 years old in January nexy year.

The late retired four-star flag officer of the Nigerian Air Force was the 18th Chief of Air Staff from Oct. 4, 2012 to Jan. 16, 2014, and the 15th Chief of Defence Staff from Jan. 16, 2014 to July 13, 2015.

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