SAD: Former Vice President Akhigbe Died Yesterday Evening

A former Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is dead. He died in a New York hospital at around 1.06pm, about 7.pm Nigerian time on Monday. Aged 68, Akhigbe, who was the second in command to the former military ruler, Gen. Abdulsalam Abubakar, was said to have died of cancer-related ailment. Before his death on Monday, there was speculation over his state of health.

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The Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan, who confirmed his death, said his boss was the deceased’s course mate at the Nigerian Defence Academy.

Mark in a statement on Monday night described his death as the loss of “a brother, confidant, friend and comrade-at-arms.”

Mark, who was overwhelmed by emotions, recalled their days together at the Nigerian Defence Academy, noting that “Mike was fearless and very diligent in our course.

“He took these attributes to all the formations where he was privileged to have been posted either in his core military postings or political offices. http://www.osundefender.org/?p=129200