UPDATE: See the bullet-ridden car and body of Alex Badeh in pool of his blood (SEE PHOTOS)

SOJWORLD.COM reported on Tuesday evening the sudden death of the former Defence Chief of Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh in the hands of unknown gunmen in Abuja.

BLOOD: We give you the bullet-ridden car in which Badeh was assassinated on Tuesday evening.  He was said to have been killed with his driver on the Abuja-Keffi highway. He was 61

He could be seen in his own pool of blood where the killers shot him dead.

Condolence message from the Nigerian Airforce;

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The information on the death of the former Defence Chief was corroborated by the Director of Public Relations and Information Headquarters Nigerian Air Force, Air Commandore Ibikunle Daramola in his official Twitter Page confirmed the incident,

“It is with a heavy heart that I regretfully announce the unfortunate demise of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, who died today, 18 Dec 18, from gunshot wounds sustained when his vehicle was attacked while returning from his farm along Abuja-Keffi Road

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1:20 PM – 18 Dec 2018

On behalf officers, airmen and airwomen of the Nigerian Air Force, the Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar, commiserates with the family of the late former Chief of Defence Staff, Badeh over this irreparable loss. We pray that the Almighty God grants his soul eternal rest.”

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Until his death, Badeh was standing trial for criminal breach of trust, abuse of office and money laundering to the tune of N3.9 billion.

Badeh was admitted into the Nigerian Defence Academy as a member of the 21 Regular Course on 3 January 1977, and was commissioned Pilot Officer on 3 July 1979. He began his flying career at the 301 Flying Training School on the Bulldog Primary Trainer aircraft in 1979. Between 1981 and 1982, he attended the Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base in the United States Air Force. He was at the 301 Flying Training School (FTS) as a squadron pilot and later became an instructor pilot on the Bull Dog and DO-228 aircraft.

He attended the junior staff course at Armed Forces Command and Staff College in 1988. Between 1995 and 1996, he attended the senior staff course at the same institution. In 2005, he was at the National War College Nigeria as a member of Course 14 and graduated in August 2006. The Air Marshal holds an M.Sc. degree in Strategic Studies from the University of Ibadan.

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Badeh was Commander of the Presidential Fleet during the Olusegun Obasanjo presidency.  As Chief of Air Staff, he initiated Optimizing Local Engineering (OLE 1 and 2) to focus on developing indigenous Unarmed Aerial Vehicle (UAV) and other weapon systems.[citation needed] The OLE teams consisted of Nigerian Air Force officers with PhDs and master’s degrees in various fields of aerospace design, avionic and armament specializations from the Cranfield University in the UK. In February 2016 Alex Badeh was accused of financial misappropriation by the EFCC during his tenure as service chief. Badeh has denied involvement in any misconduct

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