Emotional Encomium As 11 Soldiers Killed In Kaduna State Are Buried In Military Style (Photos)

 

The army officers while being buried

The eleven (11) Nigerian soldiers who were killed in Kaduna state after suspected bandits invaded their camp in Kompanin Doka village, Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state, have been laid to eternal rest today.

According to TheCable, the late soldiers were identified as Ahmed Olabode, Bamidele Adekunle, Christian Ogochukwu, Adamu Mohammed, Lamara Ahmed, Suleiman Mubarak, Bashir Sani, Usman Abubakar, Nafiu Iliyasu, Safiyanu Ahmed and Alhassan Ibrahim.

While speaking at Commonwealth Cemetery in Kaduna during the funeral, the general officer commanding (GOC) 1 division of the Nigerian army, Muhammad Muhammad, showered encomiums on the soldiers.

The GOC who revealed that deceased soldiers who were between the ages of 19 and 23 years, and joined the army barely a year ago, added that they were full of life and ready to serve the country.

According to the GOC, the soldiers were yet to meet their families to show them their military uniform when they were cut down.

He said; “This is a solemn occasion not much speech would be made. Like Muslims say, from God we came and to Him we shall return. If we shed tears today, it is because we hold these gentlemen in high esteem.

 

“On the morning of March 20, 2018, the very able men, stood out to assist this country, they came into this job barely a year ago full of life to give their service to this country.

 

“They told their relations that they had joined the Nigerian army. Most of them were yet to go back to their relations to show them the uniforms they were given in the army. That is the sad thing about this occasion. Now they have paid the supreme sacrifice to defend the territorial integrity of this country.

 

“They shed their blood in the community of Birnin Gwari in Kaduna state. The soldiers were trained for about six months and were taken for further training to add value to them. Only for their dreams to be cut short.”

The burial was attended by top military officers as well as the police and other security heads in the state.

The Kaduna state government donated N500,000 to each family of the deceased, and the state governor, Nasir el-Rufai, who was represented by Balarabe Abbas, secretary to the state government, said the state government was pained by the incident.

 

“It is with heavy heart and regrets that I stand in your midst to express our heartfelt condolences to the families of 11 soldiers who lost their lives in action at Kompani Doka in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna state,” he said.

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