The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Maj.-Gen. Johnson Olu Irefin has died of COVID-19-related complications.
It was learnt that Irefin, who until July 2020 was GOC of 81 Division in Lagos, died in Abuja after testing positive for COVID-19.
He was also Commander of Land Component, Operation Delta Safe.
The army general, who hailed from Aiyetoro Gbede in Kogi State, was said to have lost his mother last month.
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He was to be attending the Annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja before he took ill and died.
The Army Chief, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, cancelled the conference immediately news of Irefin’s death filtered in.
Buratai also reportedly cancelled invitations to his son, Hamisu Tukur Buratai’s wedding after GOC tested positive.
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