His Son, Capt Jamil Abubakar was the co pilot, and the crash occurred yesterday by 7:30 pm as they where on the way back to Nigeria after a C-Check, He and the Pilot Survived.
The IG confirmed the incident to Frank Mba and thanked God for saving his child and the pilot.
The Nigerian Police and Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority of Nigeria confirmed the incident. The IRS Airlines is owned by Alhaji Ishiaku Rabiu, It has only one one functional aircraft and wanted to fix this one so as to start operations.