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By Kingsley Omonobi
The General Officer Commanding 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Major General Olu Irefin, has died of complications from COVID-19.
The GOC was attending the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja before he took ill and died.
General Irefin’s death came at a time former Minister of Finance, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, assured Nigeria and other African countries of access to COVID-19 vaccines from the end of January through the first quarter of 2021.
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The directive followed the discovery of a COVID-19 case at the event, which has now been suspended.
The directive was disclosed in a statement signed by the Acting Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sagir Musa, dated December 10, 2020.
According to the statement titled, “Scaling Down of Activities For The wedding Fatiha of Lt Gen Ty Buratai’s son Mr Hamisu Tukur Buratai” the Army said the decision followed a second wave of the pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
“This is to inform Your Excellencies, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Senators, Honourable Members, Respected Elders, Friends, Brothers, Sisters and other Invited Guests that due to resurgence of COVID-19 Pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja in what appears to be a second wave of infection cycle and the unfortunate incident on Tuesday 8 December 2020, where an officer participating in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 202
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