Published 12th Apr, 2021

By FIJ

The 11 soldiers killed alongside one captain by bandits in the Konshisha Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State on April 5 are one warrant officer, two sergeants, three corporals, one lance corporal and four privates.

FIJ had been in possession of their names since last week when it got hold of a classified document detailing how more than 150 bandits took out the military personnel in batches of five and seven, before setting their bodies ablaze and dumping them in a forest near Gbinde Village, Benue.

However, it held on to the names, as it could not confirm if the families of the deceased had been notified of the deaths. Those doubts have now been extinguished, with the deceased soldiers being laid to rest today at the military cemetery close to Wurukwum roundabout in Makurdi, capital of Benue State.

The names and ranks of he fallen heroes are listed below:

SERIAL	ARMY NO	RANK	NAME	REMARKS
(a)	(b)	(c)	(d)	(e)
1.		Capt	AT. Adebayo (14875)	72 SF Bn
2.	92NA/33/1251	WO	Augustin Solomon	,,
3.	96NA/43/9131	Sgt	Felix Tombura	,,
4.	92NA/42/7858	Sgt	Zubairu Galadima	,,
5.	05NA/57/3483	Cpl	Ali Baba	,,
6.	05NA/56/58	Cpl	Rilwanu Yusheu	,,
7.	09NA/63/2676	Cpl	Haruwa Rilwanu	,,
8.	13NA/70/4131	Lcpl	Lasisi Adebayo	,,
9.	17NA/76/0404	Pte	Anietie Udouyio	72 SF Bn
10	17NA/76/1658	Pte	Anjorin David	401 SF Bde ST
11.	17NA/76/1956	Pte	Okamgba Udochukwu	72 SF Bn
12.	18NA/77/2614	Pte	Sadiq Suleiman	72 SF Bn

Editor’s Note: Accompanying photo only for illustrative purposes.

Photo credit: cwgc.org

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