The remaining activities in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s annual conference 2020, has been cancelled by the Nigerian Army, after a participant, Maj. Gen. John Irefin, the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, died in Abuja, on Tuesday as a result of complications from COVID-19.
A senior military officer confirmed Irefin’s death on Thursday, describing it as devastating. However, the acting Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sagir Musa, in a statement on Thursday, said all the conference participants, including Senior Military Officers, GOCs, principal military officers and guests had been directed to immediately proceed on self-isolation in line with the protocol for COVID- 19.
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