IN ANOTHER DEVELOPMENT, THE NIGERIAN ARMED FORCES AND OTHER RELATIVES AS WELL AS FRIENDS OF THE FALLEN HEROES HAVE GATHERED AT THE NATIONAL MILITARY CEMETERY IN ABUJA, FOR THE BURIAL OF SOME OF THE MILITARY PERSONNEL WHO DIED IN COMBAT IN NIGER STATE.
PRESENT AT THE FUNERAL CEREMONY ARE THE CHIEF OF DEFENCE STAFF MAJOR GENERAL CHRISTOPHER MUSA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR DEFENCE, BELLO MATAWALLE, AND OTHER SERVICE CHIEFS.
REPORTS SAY, SOME OF THE DECEASED OFFICERS HAD ALREADY BEEN BURIED BY THEIR FAMILIES.
RECALL THAT, THE DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS HAD SAID NO FEWER THAN 36 OFFICERS WERE KILLED IN BATTLE, INCLUDING AN AIR MISSION, ON AUGUST 14.