32 dead after military plane crash in Nigeria
October 5, 2026
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LAGOS, Nigeria (AFP) — A Nigerian Air Force plane crashed on Monday in the country’s southwestern Ondo state, killing all 32 people on board, President Bola Tinubu said.
It is one of the worst air disasters in recent years in Africa’s most populous country.
The passenger aircraft was on a “routine mission” from Benin City in southern Nigeria to the economic hub of Lagos when it went down at Igbokoda in Ondo state shortly after 9:00am (0800 GMT), the president and the airforce said.
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