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Professor Chukwuma Osakwe, a renowned scholar on military history, is dead.
Osakwe was the former Head of Department of History and War Studies of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), and Head of Centre for the Study of Leadership and Complex Military Operations.
Reacting to his passing, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday, condoled with the family of Osakwe.
Buhari noted that Osakwe’s contributions to research and educational development would be sorely missed.
According to him, the nation had lost an asset and intellectual giant, with the passing of the former Head of Department of History and War Studies of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), and Head of Centre for the Study of Leadership and Complex Military Operations.
By Ismaila Chafe
Abuja, Dec. 20, 2020 (NAN) President Muhammadu Buhari has joined the academia in Nigeria and all over the world, in condoling with the family of Prof. Chukwuma Osakwe, a renowned scholar on military history.
In a condolence message by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in Abuja on Sunday, the president noted that Osakwe’s contributions to research and educational development would be sorely missed.
According to him, the nation has lost an asset and intellectual giant, with the passing of the former Head of Department of History and War Studies of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), and Head of Centre for the Study of Leadership and Complex Military Operations.
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