The remains of the 11 soldiers killed by gunmen in Kaduna last week were interred on Thursday.
The soldiers are believed to have been attacked by the gunmen on a reprisal attack over the killing of some of them earlier.
The soldiers were killed at Brinin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
They were part of the team carrying out Aye Akpatuma, an operation by the military to ensure peace was restored in the area.
The late soldiers who were buried at the Commonwealth Cemetery in Kaduna are Olabode Hammed, Bamidele Emmanuel, Owhochukwu Chigoziri, Adamu Muhammed, Lamara Ahmed, Mubarack Suleiman, Bashir Dani, Usman Abubakar, Nafiyi Iliyasu, Sefiyanu Ahmed and Alhassan Ibrahim.
The burial was witnessed by some top army chiefs, government officials and family members.
Speaking at the occasion, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 1 Division, Mohammed Mohammed who represented the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, said:
“Morning of 20th March 2018. Able bodied men who came into this job barely a year ago to serve the country, told their relations ‘I have joined the Army.’ Now they have paid the supreme sacrifice defending their country.
“Could they have paid their lives to aid those who killed them? All of us will join them, it’s only a matter of time. To have been trained for six months and additional training, to be cut short is really painful.
“Their blood was not shed in vain. Their memories remain with us.
“We assure Nigerians that we will continue to do our duties, regardless of this. We assure that every part of this country, every part under One Division would be secured.”
While commiserating with the families of the late soldiers, he said their death was not in vain.
