Military releases names, ranks of 22 officers killed in Niger State for burial
Story from Vincent CHIKAMSO, Abuja
The Nigerian Armed Forces were joined at the National Military Cemetery in Abuja by family members and friends, all in gloomy countenance for the interment of some of the military personnel (in their ranks and files) who died in Niger State combat.
No fewer than 36 officers were killed in the battle, including an air mission, on August 14, according to the Defence Headquarters (DHQ).
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The Minister of Defence, Muhammed Badaru; Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; Deputy Governor of Niger State, Yakubu Garba; Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Gwabin Musa; and other service chiefs attended the ceremony.
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