OSUN State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, has described the diversion of money meant for procuring arms for Nigeria soldiers to fight insurgency as a monumental scandal.

The governor, who stated this at the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day and laying of wreaths in honour of fallen soldiers held at the State House of Assembly in Osogbo, commended the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in unraveling the crime.

He insisted all the guilty must be brought to justice to forestall future occurrence.

This year’s Armed Forces Remembrance is the first to be held at the State House of Assembly after the cenotaph was constructed next to the parliament.

Aregbesola stressed that the symbolism of holding the ceremony at the military cemetery is impeccable, but bringing it to the parliament is of even greater significance.

He added that the parliament is the symbol of authority of the people and so the fallen soldiers “being celebrated today in the midst of the people for their gallantry and supreme sense of patriotism.”

He noted every well-meaning Nigerian is of the hope that all those involved in the mismanagement of the arms fund will receive full retribution.

Aregbesola lamented the situation where some of the soldiers caught and indicted have been pardoned and some losing their commission while others face uncertain future, said it is pertinent that a fresh inquiry be set up so that justice ‎will be done.