President Bola Tinubu alongside other dignitaries on Monday, attended  the Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration (AFRDC).

The historic celebration is taking place at the National Arcade, Eagle Square, Abuja, to honour the nation’s fallen and living heroes.

Some of the high-profile dignitaries at the event included the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Kayode Ariwoola.

Others included the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru; the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle; the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and members of the diplomatic corps.

Also at the venue of the ceremony were the service chiefs, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, and heads of other security agencies, among others.

The highlight of the event was the laying of wreaths by President Tinubu, Senator Akpabio, CJN Ariwoola and other high-profile dignitaries present at the event.

President Tinubu later led the dignitaries to the signing of the register and release of the pigeons.

The AFRDC is an annual event organised 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.