Kogi State Governor, Usman Ododo, has mourned a former Chief of Defence Employees, Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi (retd.), who died on Sunday on the age of 75.
In a condolence message on Sunday to the household of the previous Chief of Defence Employees, Ododo described the late Ogohi as an illustrious son of Kogi State and one in every of Nigeria’s most interesting army officers who contributed immensely to maintain Nigeria united within the face of nationwide challenges.
“Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi was a wonderful army officer and a statesman who was dedicated to the unity and peaceable coexistence among the many individuals of Nigeria till his final days on earth.
“His illustrious army profession noticed him made huge sacrifices as an officer to maintain Nigeria as one indivisible entity and he has remained a dedicated elder statesman in his retirement by making invaluable contributions to the event of Kogi State and has been an enormous supply of inspiration to many within the nation and past.
“Nigeria and the federal government and other people of Kogi State have misplaced a superb and skilled army officer and uncommon statesman,” Ododo mentioned.
The governor, who praised the sacrifices and affect of the previous Chief of Defence Employees, famous that Kogi State has misplaced one in every of her frontline statesmen who meant so properly for the individuals of the state, including that he’ll miss the clever counsel of the late Admiral Ogohi in his consultations with crucial stakeholders on the insurance policies and programmes of his administration.
He prayed for the peaceable repose of the soul of the previous Chief of Defence Employees and urged his household to be consoled by his excellent information and contributions as a army officer and a statesman.
The late Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi was the primary naval officer to change into Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Employees and served from 1999 to 2003 below former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
He was born in November 1948 and died within the early hours of Sunday, thirtieth June 2024 and has been laid to relaxation at his dwelling city in OKura Olafia, Dekina native authorities space of Kogi state.
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