Gbenro Adesina
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) six divisions Port-Harcourt, Major-General John Olu Irefin, has died from COVID-19 complications.
The acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Sagir Musa, said in a statement on Thursday that the GOC was attending the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja before he took ill and died.
The conference has since been cancelled by the army and participants comprising principal staff officers, GOCs, Commandants of Army Schools, Commanders of Army Operations have been asked to go into isolation for 14 days.
The statement cancelling the remaining activities of the annual conference, dated December 10 2020 and signed by Brigadier General Musa drew the attention of the public to the resurgence of COVID-19 in the Federal Capital Territory. The statement read in part:
“The Nigerian Army wishes to inform members of the public 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 2020 here in Abuja tested positive to COVID 19, the remaining activities of the conference have therefore been immediately cancelled. All the participants have been mandated to immediately proceed on self isolation in line with the Federal Government’s protocol for COVID 19 and to prevent any further spread of the disease.
“All inconveniences hereby regretted please. Thanks for your usual understanding and cooperation please”.
