Nigerians Commemorate Sixth Anniversary of Lt. Gen. Soleimani’s Martyrdom Hundreds of Nigerian Muslims in Kano State commemorate the sixth anniversary of the martyrdom of Iran's IRGC anti-terror commander, General Qasem Soleimani, and his comrades, who were assassinated near Baghdad International Airport on January 3, 2020, on the orders of then-U.S. President Donald Trump.