The Defence headquarters has reacted to the alleged killing and secret burial of 1000 Nigerian Soldiers.
In a statement made by to Igbere TV, Defence spokesman, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu described the report as false.
Recall that the story by The Wall Street Journal accused Nigeria army of burying a thousand dead soldiers in secret graves, to avoid bad publicity. The American medium had reported that soldiers are being buried in unmarked graves in Borno State, after the army suffers defeat from Boko Haram.
The army’s statement reads,
“This insinuation can only emanate from an uninformed position of the author of the said publication. Therefore, it must be unambigously clarified that the Armed Forces of Nigeria does not indulge in secret burials, as it is sacrilegious and a profanity to extant ethos and traditions of the Nigerian military.”
He insists fallen heroes are honoured in befitting military funeral of international standard, featuring funeral parade, and solemn prayers.
