Army General dies of COVID-19 in Abuja

Posted by News Express | 10 December 2020 | 1,677 times

•Late GOC, Major-General Olubunmi Irefin

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Major-General Olubunmi Irefin, is dead. According to a report in Daily Sun, the GOC was said to have died after contracting the COVID-19 while attending the annual Chief Of Army Conference in Abuja.

The conference has since been cancelled by the army authorities who also directed all the participants comprising Principal Staff Officers, GOCs, Commandants of army schools, Commanders of army operations, among other participants, to embark on 14 days isolation.

Source: News Express