Late Flight Lieutenant Nwakile, (pictured above) was the Pilot of the crashed NAF Mi-35 Helicopter. According to Defence headquarters, he was a gallant officer. Pictured below are Flight Lieutenant NM Halilu, Co-Pilot and Warrant Officer Augustine Nwanonenyi, Technician, who survived the crash. However, Lieutenant Halilu fractured his neck while Nwanonenyi is now on wheelchair.