Army General Dies Of Covid-19 Complications.

Information reaching The New Narrative newspaper indicates that Major General Olu Irefin, General Officer Commanding, GOC, 6 Division and Land Component Commander Operation Delta Safe, Port Harcourt Barracks, has died of complications from COVID-19

According to source close to NA, Irefin was attending the 2020 annual Chief of Army Staff conference in Abuja before he took ill and died.

The New Narrative had earlier reported that Brigadier General Sagir Musa, Acting Director, Army Public Relations, had in a statement on Thursday announced the abrupt cancellation of the remaining activities of the conference and urged all the participants to immediately proceed on self-isolation in line with the federal government’s protocols for Covid-19, “and to prevent any further spread of the disease”.

In the same vein, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen TY Buratai another statement issued by the army spokesman, Musa,  has directed his son’s wedding should proceed without the participation of all those who were at the conference.

The statement titled: SCALING DOWN OF ACTIVITIES FOR THE WEDDING FATIHA OF LT GEN TY BURATAI’S SON MR HAMISU TUKUR BURATAI, reads:

1. This is to inform Your Excellencies, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Senators, Honourable Members, Respected Elders, Friends, Brothers, Sisters and other Invited Guests 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, which resulted in the cancellation of the remaining activities of the conference and all the participants 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.
2. Consequently, the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen TY Buratai wishes to inform all dignitaries and other invited guests that activities earlier scheduled for the wedding of his son Mr Hamisu Tukur Buratai will proceed as arranged albeit pruned down without the participation of all those who were at the conference.
3. The Chief of Army Staff, on behalf of his family, feels honoured to sincerely appreciate, thank and welcome all dignitaries and invited guests to his son’s Wedding Fatiha slated for Friday 11 December 2020. However, due to the resurgence of the Pandemic in the FCT, General Buratai will be unable to personally attend to, receive or meet you at the event. All inconveniences hereby regretted please.