The identities of the Nigerian Army Captain and Lieutenant who were killed by terrorists in Abuja have been exposed.

Three soldiers were killed by terrorists in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Sunday night.

The deceased officers, who were attached to the Presidential Guards Brigade, were after they visited the Nigeria Law School (NLS) in Bwari following a distress call from the authorities of the school, accosted with a barage of shooting by the terrorists somewhere around Ushafa.

The Law School management was said to have alerted that terrorists had dropped a letter indicating an imminent attack.

Spokesman of the Guards Brigade, Captain Godfrey Anebi Abakpa, confirmed the attack to Daily Trust, but said troops were already combing the area in order to ensure that terrorists were not hibernating there.

Daily Trust learnt that Lt. Ibrahim Suleiman and Capt. Samuel Attah, both indigenes of Kogi State, were killed in the ambush.

Lt. Suleiman was the son of Col. Suleiman Ahmodu Babanawa (rtd). He hailed from Okpo in Olamaboro Local Government Area.

Late Capt. Attah was from Ibaji local government of the State.

Meanwhile, message of condolences have been pouring in to the family of the slain soldiers.

Sympathisers have been trooping to the family house of Col. Babanawa (rtd) at Okpo in Olamaboro LGA over the loss of his son.

The bereaved father reportedly made his marks in the Nigeria Army before he retired. (Daily Trust)