The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has promised to investigate the death of Blaise Aliyu, a 15-year-old student of Air Force Comprehensive School in Kaduna.
The spokesperson for NAF, Air Vice Marshal Edward Gabkwet, who confirmed the incident, made the promise in a statement issued on Sunday.
His body has been deposited in a mortuary.
The NAF spokesperson who expressed the institution’s heartfelt sorrow, assured that thorough investigation to unravel the circumstances that led to the death of the victim is ongoing.
The statement read, “The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, and indeed the entire NAF family are saddened by the painful and unfortunate incident of the untimely death of one of our students at Air Force Secondary School, Kaduna, on June 19, 2024.
“To avoid all sorts of speculations, a thorough investigation is currently ongoing to unravel how, why, and what actually led to the death of the victim. Rest assured that this matter is receiving the utmost urgency it deserves, and we won’t rest until it is unravelled.”
Aliyu lost his parents in 2013. He is survived by his twin brother who is also a student at the military boarding school.
