Jonathan Commissioned Monument For Fallen Soldiers

Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan commissioned a monument in Abuja in commemoration of military men and women who lost there lives in the North East while fighting Islamist Boko Haram group from 2011 to 2014.

President Jonathan with Minister of Defence Gen. Aliyu Gusau & service chiefs inaugurating Cenotaph in memory of fallen soldiers. Photo: Reuben Abati

The cenotaph, an empty tomb built to honour a group of people whose bodies are elsewhere, was built at the National Military cemetery in Abuja.

Cenotaph in honour of soldiers who died in counter-insurgency operation in the North East, 2011-14. Photo: Reuben Abati

President Jonathan during the inauguration was accompanied by Minister of Defence Gen. Aliyu Gusau ande service chiefs.

Jonathan commissioned monument for soldiers fallen by BH. Photo: Reuben Abati

Jonathan last week told the United Nations that 13,000 Nigerians have so far been killed by Boko Haram militants in the country’s troubled North-east zone.
Jonathan, who clarified the trend as “unacceptable,” also dared the world to “act now,” to stop the global threat of insurgency.
He claimed that Boko Haram terrorists are being sponsored from outside Nigeria and asked for international support to countries on the frontline of terrorism war.