Tope Oshin
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday led other top government officials and service chiefs to lay wreaths in honour of soldiers who died in service in Nigeria and during international assignments.
Every January 15th is dedicated for remembrance of military men and women who died in active service.
The occasion is also use to appreciate surviving military personnel who had retired from active service.
Friday’s event was Buhari’s first since his election as President in March last year.
The wreaths-laying ceremony at the National Arcade in the Three Arms Zone in Abuja took place few weeks that the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance.
Vice President Osinbajo, Senate President Bukola Saraki, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Mahmud Mohammed and Minister of Defence, Dan Ali Mansur, were among top government officials who also laid wreaths.
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