The Nigerian Armed Forces Remembrance Day is a day set aside for sober reflections on the significance of the armed forces to the country.
President Muhammadu Buhari lead Senate President, Bukola Saraki and Speaker House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara to lay the wreath at the tomb of the fallen heroes at the National Arcade in Abuja.
Others who laid the wreath include the Minister of Defence, Minister of the FCT and the Chief Justice of Nigeria.
The annual event is in honour of members of the Armed Forces who died during military operations.
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