Otti mourns Abia-born Squadron Leader Man-Ugwueje, commiserates with FG over plane crash
In a statement on Tuesday by Ferdinand Ekeoma, his special adviser on media and publicity, Mr Otti described Squadron Leader Man-Ugwueje’s death and those of other military personnel aboard the Nigerian Air Force plane as painful and devastating. The post Otti mourns Abia-born Squadron Leader Man-Ugwueje, commiserates with FG over plane crash appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria .
Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has expressed deep sadness over the death of Squadron Leader Ahamefule Aham Man-Ugwueje, an Abia-born pilot who died in a Nigerian Air Force aircraft crash. The crash, which occurred on Monday, killed 25 people, according to Punch Nigeria.
In a statement on Tuesday, Otti described the death of Man-Ugwueje and the other military personnel as painful and devastating. The aircraft, an ATR-42, was on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos when it crashed in Igbokoda, Ondo State.
Otti particularly mourned Man-Ugwueje, who had married Flight Lieutenant Damilola Adekunle in Abuja on September 19, just two weeks before the crash, as reported by Punch Nigeria.
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