Nigerian man was onboard Ukrainian airplane shot down by Iran military [photo]

A Nigerian man, identified as Dauda Onoruoiza, was reportedly among the 176 people aboard the Ukrainian plane that was shot down by the Iranian army.

According to reports Onoruoiza was working with Boeing on three months training in Ukraine and was attached to the Boeing 737-800 to fly with and study the mechanical noise and report back to the company when the crash happened.

This is coming after the Iran Government finally admitted to shooting down the plane unintentionally after denying it for days.

Iran made the admission on Saturday days after denying having anything to do with the crash.

The nationality of passengers and crew aboard the plane were given as 82 Iranians, 63 Canadians, 11 Ukranians, 10 people from Sweden, four from Afghanistan and three from the United Kingdom and Germany respectively.

Onoruoiza is expected to have had a passport of one of the aforementioned nations.

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