Matankari Deedee, the fiancée of one of the late Nigerian Air Force (NAF) pilot, Flight Lieutenant Elijah Haruna Karatu, has written an emotional tribute to him.
Karatu and his colleague, Flight Lieutenant Abubakar Muhammed Alkali, died in the Super Mushshak trainer aircraft that crashed on Tuesday,19 April, at NAF Base, Kaduna.
Matankari wrote: “My baby lives. Haruna Elijah Karatu, The spirit of just men made perfect. You have joined my cloud of witnesses. The sovereignty of God. We obey. We follow. I’m proud of you.”
In one of the pictures she shared, the Usman Danfodiyo University graduate wrote: “This pic suddenly holds a different kind of significance. Dine with the angels till we meet again at his feet”












