On Thursday, the Nigeria Air Force announced the death of five crew
members that were onboard the military helicopter that went missing in
Borno state on January 2nd during a fight with Boko Haram members in
Damasak.
A statement by the Director of Public Relations and
Information Nigerian Air Force, Ibukun Daramola confirms that Flight
Lieutenant, Perowei Jacob was the Pilot in Command when the helicopter
crashed.
Sadly, Pereowei Jacob just got married on the 8th of December, 2018
and died on the 2nd of January 2019, leaving his young, beautiful wife a
widow after three weeks and two days of marital bliss.
President Buhari in his condolence message said ‘it was sad that the
fine officers and men lost their lives in the bid to guarantee the
safety and protection of their countrymen’.
He said rather than dampen the morale of troops fighting insurgency
in the North-east, the unfortunate development would rather bolster
their resolve to completely eliminate all evildoers within the shortest
possible time.To the families and relations of the dead, President Buhari condoles
with them, noting that the dead officers and men were heroes, who paid
the supreme price for peace to reign in the country.