Nigerian president Bola Tinubu has joined other world leaders to pay tributes following the fatal helicopter crash that killed Iranian Pre...
Nigerian president Bola Tinubu has joined other world leaders to pay tributes following the fatal helicopter crash that killed Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and the country’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian.
A total of nine people were on board the aircraft that crashed in a mountainous region of the country on Sunday.
Since the confirmation of their deaths, leaders across the globe have sent their condolence messages to the Iranian people.
In a statement on Monday, presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said his principal extends his condolence to the people of Iran over the accident.
“President Bola Tinubu extends his condolences to the government and people of the Islamic Republic of Iran over the passing of President Ebrahim Raisi; Iranian foreign minister, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, and other officials in a helicopter crash,” the statement read.
“President Tinubu expresses profound grief over this disturbing tragedy, and describes President Raisi as a leader who was passionately committed to the development of Iran.”
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