2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day: Minister of Defence Remembers Fallen Heroes
- Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd) has joined President Muhammadu Buhari to remember Nigeria's fallen heroes
- They both lay wreath to honour the fallen heroes who paid the supreme price in line of duty serving the nation
- Other officials present include Vice President Yemi Osibajo, Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila
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The Minister of Defence Maj Gen Bashir Salihi Magashi (rtd), CFR has joined the Commander-in- Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, President Muhammadu Buhari to lay a wreath at the National Arcade Abuja.
The ceremony which marked the grandfinale of the 2023 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebrations was a very solemn and a highly regimental event.
Source: UGC
General Magashi came under the parade of the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces to honour the fallen heroes who paid the supreme price in line of duty serving the nation.
In a statement made available to Legit.ng, the Defence Minister later performed the symbolic laying of the wreath at the feet of the unknown Soldier alongside his counterpart, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory Mohammed Musa Bello.
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He thereafter joined the Vice President Yemi Osibajo, Senate President, Dr Ahmad Lawan and the Speaker House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila to escort Mr President to sign the register and to release the pigeons which were also witnessed by the Chief of Defence Staff General Leo Irabor and the Service Chiefs.
Remembrance Day: CDS Irabor speaks on another military coup in Nigeria
Meanwhile, the Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, on Sunday, January 15, reacted to claims that another military coup is possible in Nigeria.
In his speech during the Armed Forces Remembrance Day held in Abuja, CDS Iraboh made it clear that this will never happen.
The military chief further said that democracy has come to stay in Nigeria, adding that the military will work with the Nigerian Police Force to ensure safe, free, and fair general elections in 2023. He affirmed that “Never again, will we see men in uniform take power."
How president Buhari plans to secure Nigeria before leaving in May 2023
The chief of Army staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya, had earlier assured Nigerians that President Muhammadu Buhari will hand over a secured nation in 2023.
Yahaya said that there will be an improved security situation in the country before the president leaves office on May 29, 2023.
Yahaya while speaking at the graduation ceremony of 231 trainees of the 2nd batch of NAOWA Youth Development Project in Abuja, confirmed Nigeria will be better secured in 2023.
Source: Legit.ng
