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The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Major General Olubunmi Irefin, who died of COVID-19 during the Chief of Army Staff conference in Abuja, just did the final burial ceremony of his mum two weeks ago.
Although there was yet to be official confirmation of his death from the military authorities, but impeccable military sources disclosed to Tribune Online that the General died shortly after he contracted the disease.
General Irefin, who arrived for the conference on Monday morning did not show any sign of illness but after the second day of the conference, he was said to have disclosed to his colleagues that he was no longer feeling well, a situation that necessitated him to leave the conference for the hospital.