Nigerian Defence Denies Secret Burials Of 1000 Soldiers Killed By Boko Haram

Amidst outrage and accusation of the Nigerian army secretly burying about 1000 fallen soldiers in the war against Boko Haram, the Defence headquarters has described as false, the story by The Wall Street Journal.

The American medium had reported that soldiers are being buried in unmarked graves in Borno State after the army suffers defeat from Boko Haram.But Defence spokesman, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu released a statement saying: “This insinuation can only emanate from an uninformed position of the author of the said publication. Therefore, it must unambiguously idly clarified that the Armed Forces of Nigeria does not indulge in secret burials, as it is sacrilegious d a profanity to extant ethos and traditions of the Nigerian military.”

He insists fallen heroes are honoured in befitting military funeral of international standard, feature ing funeral parade, and solemn prayers.