3 perish in Nigerian Air Force helicopter crash Four days after a Nigerian Air Force helicopter crashed in Damare, close to the camp of Internally Displaced Persons in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa State, another military helicopter crashed on Thursday night at Sangere, killing all crew members. Eyewitnesses said the helicopter crashed around 10pm. Sangere is also in Girei Local Government Area, and is a few kilometers from the site of the first crash. The recent crash caused pandemonium in Yola, the state capital ,and its environs as students on campus, off campus and residents of Sangere, where the crash occurred scampered for safety believing that Boko Haram had launched an offensive. Resident said that they panicked when they heard the explosions and the belch of fire and smoke that followed. Describing the events leading to the crash, Hey Ibrahim Ali, a resident of Hayin Kada Village near Yola, told our reporter, “We saw the helico...
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