Mrs Hedima was awarded a Post-graduate Scholarship to study in the European Nation by the Czech Republic. Wing Commander Chinda Hedima was one of the Nigeria's best Fighter Jet Pilots who lost his life in service of the country in the heat of the Insurgency in the North East.
As seen on Lindaikejisblog,
Late Wing Commander Hedima was killed in September 2014 by the Boko Haram Terrorists while on operation in Northeast Nigeria. The senior officer, before his demise, had his combat simulator training on the Alpha Jet with Aero Vodochody in the Czech Republic. The full scholarship award to Dr (Mrs) Hedima was in recognition of the ultimate sacrifice by her husband in the ongoing counter-insurgency operation in the North East.
Presenting the award, the Czech Republic Deputy Minister of Defence, Tomas Kuchta, said that the gesture was an extension of the friendship between the Czech Republic and Nigeria, and in recognition of the gallantry act exhibited by the late senior officer in the service of his fatherland. He recalled that late Wing Commander Hedima put-up good performance, and was disciplined and friendly during his training in the Czech Republic.
He also used the occasion of the scholarship award to extend the condolence of the Czech Ministry of Defence to the people of Nigeria for the great loss. In his response, the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal SB Abubakar, who received the Czech Republic delegation in his office, noted that the NAF was witnessing for the first time the kind of gesture demonstrated by the Czech Republic. Air Marshal Abubakar described the late Wing Commander Hedima as a brave and hardworking officer who lived a short but very successful life, describing his death as noble in laying down his life for a just cause in the defence of humanity.
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