‎BY AHMED AKANBI

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‎The Senate has postponed its two-day National Security Summit scheduled for Monday, October 12 and Tuesday, 13, 2026, in honour of victims of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) ATR-42 aircraft crash on Monday.

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‎The upper chamber announced the postponement on Tuesday, saying it was consequent upon the tragic crash in Igbokoda, headquarters of Ilaje Local Government Area, Ondo State.

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‎Leader of the Senate and Chairman, Senate Ad-hoc Committee on the National Security Summit, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, disclosed this in a statement personally signed on Tuesday.

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‎The NAF ATR-42 aircraft crashed on Monday, claiming the lives of officers and crew members on board.

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‎The Senate had convened the security summit to review the country’s perennial security challenges and propose pragmatic solutions to guarantee security of lives and property.

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‎Bamidele said the ad-hoc committee had concluded plans to hold the summit after completion of zonal public hearings, but the crash necessitated the postponement.

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‎President Bola Tinubu had earlier declared three days of national mourning in honour of the victims and directed that national flags be flown at half-mast nationwide.

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‎With the declaration, the Senate resolved that the summit be deferred till further notice in honour of the victims.

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‎The Senate extended condolences to Tinubu, the Nigerian Armed Forces, particularly the NAF, and families of the officers and crew who paid the supreme price in active service.

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‎It said a new date for the summit would be communicated in due course and appealed to stakeholders to bear with the Senate during the period of national mourning.