Twenty-five years after scores of top military officers died in a plane crash at Ejigbo, Lagos, the service has honoured the pilots, co-pilot and chief engineer of the C-130 aircraft.

It named newly constructed blocks of flats for married officers after Wing Commanders Pere Alabosun, Ali Mamadi and Squadron Leader JA Adeiza.

Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar who inaugurated the buildings at the headquarters, Logistics Command in Lagos, said the officers embarked on a mission to save lives that morning but paid the ultimate price.

He also described as unfortunate, the accidental bombing of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp in Rann, Borno State, saying the incident occurred while the personnel were on a mission to protect the very IDPs.

Earlier, the Air Officer Commanding (AOC) Logistics Command, Air Vice Marshal Ibrahim Yahaya described the buildings as another milestone project for the NAF personnel in Lagos.