The Then 14 Years Old Boy Who Found Site Of Air Force Plane Crashed In Benue Now 2nd Lt Honoured By Elrufai

Governor Nasir Ahmad elrufai at the Government House yesterday, received 2nd Lt Chia Detimbir, the then 14 yr old boy who discovered the Nigerian Air Force Dornier 228 aircraft which crashed on the Ngokugh Hills in Benue State while working on his family farm.

After the plane crash, 5 Officers were rescued courtesy of a telephone call from the crash site by Chia Detimbir who led a rescue operation that saved the survivors. Last week, Detimbir graduated from the Nigerian Defence Academy and was commissioned into the officers’ cadre.

Governor elrufai congratulated 2nd Lt Detimbir and described him as a hero for making the call to rescue the survivors from the crash site at a young age.