PHOTOS: Nigerian Army buries 11 soldiers killed in Kaduna

The Nigerian Army yesterday in Kaduna buried the remains of the 11 soldiers killed by bandits at Kompanin Doka village in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

Speaking at the Commonwealth Cemetery, where the burial took place, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai, who spoke through the GOC, 1 Division, Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Muhammad said the death was very unfortunate as the soldiers were yet to meet their families to show them their military uniforms before they were cut down by bandits.


He, however, promised that the Army would not relent in its efforts to fish out the bandits and bring them to justice.

Buratai, , warned individuals and groups against making statements portraying the Armed Forces as a biased and sectional institution. He regretted that the deceased soldiers were between the ages of 19 and 23 and joined the Army barely a year ago.


The slain soldiers were part of the special security operation code-named: ‘Ayem Akpatuma’ and deployed in the Birnin Gwari area to check the activities of armed robbers, kidnappers and cattle rustlers terrorising the area. They were killed by the bandits who were said to have invaded the soldiers’ camp on March 20.

The soldiers were accorded full military honours before their final interment. The slain soldiers were Ahmed Olabode, Bamidele Adekunle, Christian Ogochukwu, Adamu Mohammed and Lamara Ahmed.

Others were Suleiman Mubarak, Bashir Sani, Usman Abubakar, Nafiu Iliyasu, Safiyanu Ahmed and Alhassan Ibrahim.