Lauretta Onochie, President Muhammadu Buhari’s Special Assistant on Social Media, has given reasons why her principal was absent at the burial of late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru and other military officers killed in a plane crash, last Saturday.
In a tweet, Onochie claimed Buhari must be given a 48-hour notice before any funeral outside the Presidential Villa.
“Why Pres@MBuhari did not attend the funeral for our late Chief of Army Staff and the other heroes who died in an aircrash.
”For a Nigerian President to be at any funeral or event outside the Villa, the event must have at least 48 hours,” Onochie tweeted.
Attahiru and 10 other Military officers died in a plane crash in Kaduna on Friday last week.
They were on an official trip to Kaduna when their aircraft crashed at the Kaduna International Airport.
The deceased were flown back to Abuja and buried at the military cemetery on Saturday.
However, Buhari and his Vice, Yemi Osinbajo were physically absent during the burial ceremony in Abuja.
Their absence threw a lot of criticisms from Nigerians who condemned the decision to shun the burial.
Former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode had described Buhari and Osinbajo’s absence at the burial of Attahiru and the 10 officers as insensitive.
