Nigerians have paid their last respect to the gallant heroes who were killed in a helicopter crash during operations recently in Niger State
They paid their last respect during the burial at the National Cemetery in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
At the burial ground were the families of the deceased Personnel, Senior Military Officers, the Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff General Christopher Musa, the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar Badaru, the Minister of State Defence, Dr Bello Mohammed Matawalle, the representatives of Niger and Kaduna state Governors, clergy and the well-meaning Nigerians.
List Of Deceased Military Personnel For Burial
“1 LATE MAI SA ON
- LATE PLT LT ANTHONY DURYUMSU
3 LATE FLT LT BAAHMADAMU
- LATE LT GM ODUSAMI
- LATE LT US ALKALI
- LATE SGT FARUK MOHAMMED
- LATE CPL IBRAHIM GARBA
8 LATE CPL CHIROMA POGU
- LATE CYLADAMA ISAAC
- LATE CPL HARUNA JAMILU
- LATE CPL SAMAILA BASHIRU
- LATE AB SULEIMAN MK (NN)
- LATE CPL JAURO AMOS (NAF)
- LATE LCPL SUNDAY OKOPI
IS LATE LCPL EXPANYO EDETD
16 LATE LCPLALARIBE DANIEL (NAF)
- LATE LOP BRIGES STEPHEN (NAF)
18 LATE LCPLYAKUBU AYUBA
LATE LOP NURA MOHAMMED
LATE PTE HABBAUTU
3 LATE PTE TANKOWA
11 LATE ACHABUBAKAR ABDULRAHAMAN (NAF).”
The defence flag flies at half mast signifying a time of National Mourning for fallen Heroes
