Late Squadron Leader Promise Gbenekane, an officer of the Nigerian Air Force, who was killed by Boko Haram in the line of duty was at the weekend immortalised by his employer.
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Late Gbenekane was a pilot in the Force. He was flying the ill-fated C-130 aircraft to deliver logistics materials to troops fighting the insurgents when the aircraft was shot down by the terrorist group and got killed.
A block of 6 flats at one of NAF Bases was named after the slain officer.
“The project being commissioned today has been named after one of our fallen heroes who died on board the C-130 aircraft while on a logistics supports mission for troops fighting insurgency and terrorism in the North East of the country.
“The fallen hero was a C-130 pilot: Squadron Leader Promise Leton Gbenekanu. We must acknowledge that the human being is the most important in every organization and equipping the personnel appropriately is central to the achievement of success in securing the Nigeria’s air space,” the Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar was quoting as saying in several reports at the building commissioning.
