Alex Badeh, Ex-Chief of Air Staff

BREAKING: Ex-defence chief Alex Badeh Killed on Abuja-Keffi Road

NEWS DIGEST – The Nigerian Airforce has confirmed the killing of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh by unknown gunmen along Abuja-Keffi Road.‬

The NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, who disclosed this in a statement sent to PRNIGERIA on Tuesday Night, said he died while returning from him farm.

Read full statement below:

It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce the unfortunate demise of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Sabundu Badeh, who died today, 18 Dec 2018, from gunshot wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi Road.‬

On behalf 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. We pray that the Almighty God grants his soul eternal rest. Details later.