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The year 2020 came with both the good and bad wrapped together. The bad side of the year came with the coronavirus pandemic, the dwindling economy, loss of jobs, the negative aftermath of the #EndSARS protest and of course, the death of Very Important Personalities (VIPs) in Nigeria. This piece is a compilation of some the VIPs Nigeria lost and whose memories remain fresh in the hearts of many.
Major General Olubunmi Irefin: The death of Major General Olubunmi Irefin, the General Officer Commanding 6 Battalion, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on December 10, 2020, came as a rude shock to Nigerians and the Nigerian Army. Prior to his death, Major-General Irefin was a participant at the army’s 2020 Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Abuja until he took ill and was found to have tested positive for COVID-19. He was receiving treatment at the Specialist Hospital in Gwagwalada when he died. His death generated controversy as his kinsmen alleged that he
Major General Irefin dead: Nigerian Army officer Covid-19 death tori and wetin we know about di mata
11 December 2020
Wia dis foto come from, Kogi state Government
Kogi state goment for Nigeria don confam di death of General John Olubunmi Irefin, wey be di General Officer Commanding 6 Division Port Harcourt.
Although di statement from di stgate goment confam say General Irefin just bury im mama some weeks ago, e no tok wen e die or how.
Meanwhile Nigerian Army confam for inside statement say one of dia officer s test positive for Covid-19 on 8, Tuesday 2020. Di statement Brigadier General Sagir Musa wey be army Acting Director of Public Relations add say di officer bin dey attend one Army Staff Annual conference for Abuja wen e fall sick.
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There was panic at the venue of the botched Annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja following the reported sudden death of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Major General Johnson Olubunmi Irefin, from COVID-19.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sagir Musa had in a statement announced the suspension of the conference over the sudden illness of the General.
The statement read: “Due to resurgence of COVID-19 in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja in what appears to be a second wave of infection cycle and the unfortunate incident on December 8, where an officer participating in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2020 in Abuja, tested positive for COVID 19, the remaining activities of the conference have therefore been immediately cancelled.
Late Maj Gen Irefin Commanded The Massacre Of IPOB Members in Oyigbo thebreakingtimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thebreakingtimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Adejumo Enock
Late Major Gen. Olubunmi Irefi from Okun community Kogi state, has been linked to the massacre of outlawed IPOB members in Oyigbo Rivers State which is also known as Obigbo.
Late Irefin died on Friday in Abuja out of medical complications linked to Corona Virus.
Oyigbo (also Obigbo) is a town 30 kilometers from the port city of Port Harcourt and a Local Government Area of Rivers State, Nigeria. It is a satellite town of Port Harcourt.
A source that does not want his name mentioned alleged that Major General Irefin who until his death was the General Officer Commanding 6th Division Port Harcourt, was directed by the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike to massacre IPOB members in Oyigbo.