One-time Chief of General Staff and Vice President of Nigeria, Vice Admiral Mike Okhai Akhigbe, has died of cancer at the age of 68.
Akhigbe who was 68, battled cancer till Monday when he died in the United States.
Vice Admiral Akhigbe served as the Vice President of Nigeria during the General Abdusalam Abubakar-led military government from 1998 till the termination of military government in Nigeria, in 1999.
He had also previously served as military governor of Nigeria’s Ondo state from 1985 to 1986, and military governor of Lagos state from 1986 to 1988, after which he was appointed Chief of Naval Staff, the highest-ranking officer of the Nigerian Navy, and subsequently the Chief of General Staff, the highest ranking military officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Armed Forces.
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