Abuja: Nigerians pay last respect to gallant Troops

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

 

1. LATE PLT LT ANTHONY DURYUMSU

 

3 LATE FLT LT BAAHMADAMU

 

4. LATE LT GM ODUSAMI

 

5. LATE LT US ALKALI

 

6. LATE SGT FARUK MOHAMMED

 

7. LATE CPL IBRAHIM GARBA

 

8 LATE CPL CHIROMA POGU

 

9. LATE CYLADAMA ISAAC

 

10. LATE CPL HARUNA JAMILU

 

11. LATE CPL SAMAILA BASHIRU

 

12. LATE AB SULEIMAN MK (NN)

 

13. LATE CPL JAURO AMOS (NAF)

 

14. LATE LCPL SUNDAY OKOPI

 

IS LATE LCPL EXPANYO EDETD

 

16 LATE LCPLALARIBE DANIEL (NAF)

 

1. 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