Abuja, Oct. 6 -- Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Monday (local time) declared three days of national mourning following the crash of a Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ATR-42 jet in Ondo State that killed 32 people, including Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sunday Kelvin Aneke.

Tinubu also directed that flags be flown at half-mast across the country in honour of the Air Force personnel who died in the crash, according to a State House press release.

The aircraft crashed on Monday morning near a naval base in the Igbokoda area of Ondo State while on a routine mission from Benin to Lagos.

It was carrying 25 passengers and seven crew members.

Expressing his condolences to the families of those killed, Tinubu said the loss was a painfu...