Nigeria's President Bola Tinubu said in a statement on the 5th that all 32 people on board a military aircraft that crashed in Ondo State in the country's southwest that day were killed.

Tinubu expressed condolences to the victims, calling it a "painful moment" for the nation.

The Ondo State government said the military aircraft crashed into a river in the state that day.

Nigeria's aviation authority said in a notice the same day that a preliminary investigation showed there were 25 passengers and 7 crew members on board.