Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February 23 general elections, ATIKU ABUBAKAR, has demanded a probe be launched into the alleged burial of 1000 soldiers killed by terrorists in the Northeast. 

ATIKU was reacting to an article published by Wall Street Journal, which said about 1000 soldiers had been killed and secretly buried by the President MUHAMMADU BUHARI-led administration. 

In a statement, the former vice-president said it is shocking that such a thing could happen under a democratic government. 

The Wall Street Journal quoted senior government and military officials as saying a secret graveyard in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, as well as an official military cemetery in the state, held bodies of at least 1000 soldiers killed while fighting insurgents.