President Bola Tinubu, Monday, rounded off activities surrounding the 2024 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration, AFRDC, at the National Arcade, Eagle Square, Abuja by laying wreaths in honour of Nigeria’s fallen heroes.
The President performed the rite along side some of his top government functionaries, who followed in his steps. They were the Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio; the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajudeen Abbas; the Chief Justice of the Federation, Justice Kayode Ariwoola; Minister of Defence, Minister of FCT, Nyeson Wike among others.
Service Chiefs led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, and heads of other security agencies among others were also present at the occasion.
The AFRDC is an annual event organized by the Ministry of Defence to commemorate the country’s fallen heroes who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the sake of humanity during the first and second world wars, the Nigerian civil war, peace support operations around the world, as well as various internal security operations.