By MOHAMMED TIJJANI

The remains of Maj.-Gen. Yohanna Kure was on Friday laid to rest in his home town, Mallam Kure Manchak family compound in Kurmin Musa, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The 1 Division Nigerian Army, Acting Deputy Director, Public Relations, Lt.-Col. Musa Yahaya, announced this in a statement issued on Saturday in Kaduna.

Yahaya said Kure passed away on Nov. 2 at the age of 84 .

He said Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.- Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, represented by the Commandant, Nigerian Army School of Artillery, Maj.-Gen. T. E. Gagariga, read the late senior officers funeral oration.

The COAS described late Kure as an articulate and professional soldier with a good sense of responsibility and served the Nigerian Army and the nation with utmost dedication and total loyalty.

He added that the late retired General was a highly competent, level headed, conscientious and reliable senior officer who took keen interest in his service to fatherland and the welfare of his subordinates.

He described the demise as a great loss to his family, the NA and the nation in general just as he prayed God to grant him eternal rest.

Yahaya said until his voluntary retirement from active service in 1990, Gen. Kure held several appointments, including GOC 2 Mechanised Division Ibadan, GOC Commanding 82 Division Enugu and Director, Army Special Duties and Plans, among several others.

He was a member of the Supreme Military Council from 1983 to 1985 and a member of the Armed Forces Ruling Council between 1985 and 1987.

“Upon retirement from service, he was subsequently appointed Minister of Culture and Social Welfare and later appointed Minister of Youths and Sports Development.

“The burial was attended by people from all walks of life, including the representative of the Kaduna State Governor who is Deputy Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Barr Magaji Danjuma, the former Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Martin Luther Agwai.

“Others included the GOC Commanding 1 Division Nigerian Army, Maj.-Gen. Valentine Okoro; former Chief of Air Staff, AVM John Femi; the DG NIMASA, Dr Bashir Jamoh; wife of former Governor of Kaduna State, Mrs Amina Yakowa, amongst others, ” Yahaya said. (NAN)

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