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President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) over the air accident which involved two fighter jets in the fleet in Abuja earlier on Friday.
The President in a statement signed on Friday by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity paid tributes to the gallantry of the officer, Squadron Leader MB Baba-Ari, who died in the accident.
He said the pilot laid down his life in the service of his fatherland at a time that patriotic citizens were needed to join hands to move the nation forward.
He also wished the two other wounded officers’ quick recovery.
Two Nigerian Airforce aircrafts had collided in the federal capital while rehearsing for Nigeria’s 58th Independence Anniversary on Friday morning.