Two military personnel on Monday allegedly slumped during a ceremony to mark the 2018 Armed Forces and Remembrance Day in Anambra.
The event held at the Dr Alex Ekwueme Square, Awka.
DAILY POST gathered that the two military personnel, a soldier and a navy officer slumped while participating in the parade.
Sources at the ceremony said a team of medical expert attended to them before they were rushed to an undisclosed hospital for more medical attention.
An army source who spoke to some journalists on condition of anonymity said the victims might have been affected by what he called ‘sun-stroke’, resulting from heavy sunshine.
He said, “It’s not unusual to see such occurrence during parades, more so under intense sunshine. We are hoping they would come back in the end.”
The Anambra State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joe Akabuike declined comment on the matter.
Meanwhile, Anambra State governor, Chief Willie Obiano in his address at the ceremony enjoined Nigerians to remember the families of the nation’s fallen heroes and pray for the souls of the departed.
Obiano commended the military, saying that they had done much to keep the nation one.
“Save for the internal and external wars these fallen heroes had fought, we would not have been enjoying the peace we have now’’, he said.
Chairman of the Nigeria Legion in Anambra State, Major Nwankwo Ifeanyichukwu, Rtd, called for a better welfare for members of the legion.
He said it was worrisome that despite the contributions of the retired and dead military men, their families were still passing through harrowing economic experience due to poor remuneration.
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