Army loses General to COVID-19

Chidi Samuel |The General Officer Commanding (GOC) six divisions in Port-Harcourt of the Nigeria Army, Major-General, John Olu Irefin has died.

General Irefin, according to a statement by the acting Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General, Sagir Musa died from COVID-19 complications.

As at the time of his death, the GOC was attending the annual Chief of Army Staff Conference in Abuja before he took ill.

The army has since cancelled the conference and participants comprising principal staff officers, GOCs, Commandants of Army Schools, Commanders of Army Operations asked to go into isolation for 14 days.

Nigeria, according to the Nigeria Centre For Disease Control is witnessing a rise in the number of new coronavirus cases.