{"id":21197,"date":"2019-01-04T20:10:08","date_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=21197"},"modified":"2019-01-04T20:10:08","modified_gmt":"2019-01-04T20:10:08","slug":"naf-helicopter-crash-flight-lieutenant-perowei-jacob-got-married-on-dec-8-died-on-jan-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=21197","title":{"rendered":"NAF Helicopter Crash: Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob Got Married on Dec. 8, Died  on Jan 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><code><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the death of two pilots and three crew members in the helicopter crash, which occurred in Damasak, Borno State, on Wednesday.\u00a0 Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob, one of those who die got married on December\u00a0 8th, died\u00a0 on January 2nd, 2019<\/p>\n<p>NAF in a statement by Air Commodore, Ibikunle Daramola, disclosed this on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Daramola said the 5 crew members, who were on board the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) Mi-35M Helicopter which crashed in combat yesterday, 2 January 2019, died while providing close air support to troops of 145 Battalion, Damasak in Borno State.<\/p>\n<p>According to the statement, the deceased personnel, whose remains have been recovered to Maiduguri, are 1.Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob \u2013 Pilot in Command. 2. Flight Lieutenant Kaltho Paul Kilyofas \u2013 Co-Pilot. 3. Sergeant Auwal Ibrahim \u2013 Flight Technician 4. Lance Corporal Adamu Nura \u2013 Gunner.5. Aircraftman Meshack Ishmael \u2013 Gunner.<\/p>\n<p><code><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=17623&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=180\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/code><\/p>\n<p>The Statement added that, \u201cthe fallen heroes made the supreme sacrifice in the service of our Fatherland, for which the NAF, and indeed the entire Nation, owes them an unending debt of gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on behalf all officers, airmen, airwomen and civilian staff of the NAF, commiserates with the families of the 5 fallen heroes and prays that the Almighty grants their souls peaceful repose.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CAS was in Maiduguri today, 3 January 2019, to convey the condolences of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, President Muhammed Buhari, to personnel of the Air Task Force Operation LAFIYA DOLE over the unfortunate loss. While in Maiduguri, the CAS also received a condolence visit from the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NAF appreciates the overwhelming support shown by the general public to the Service over the sad incident. We continue to solicit your understanding and support as we daily strive to ensure the security of Nigeria and Nigerians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- www.newsroom247.com.ng --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2163942495525027\" data-ad-slot=\"1411897411\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Air Force has confirmed the death of two pilots and three crew members in the helicopter crash, which occurred in Damasak, Borno State, on Wednesday.\u00a0 Flight Lieutenant Perowei Jacob, one of those who die got married on December\u00a0 8th, died\u00a0 on January 2nd, 2019 NAF in a statement by Air Commodore, Ibikunle Daramola, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21198,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[5254,5252,5251,5256,5255,2724,5253],"class_list":["post-21197","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-adamu-nura","tag-flight-lieutenant-kaltho-paul-kilyofa","tag-flight-lieutenant-perowei-jacob","tag-ibikunle-daramola","tag-meshack-ishmael","tag-sadique-abubakar","tag-sergeant-auwal-ibrahim"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/pilot.jpg","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4oswh-5vT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21197"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21199,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21197\/revisions\/21199"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}