A former Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi, has died after a brief illness. He was 76 years old.
By Emma Ogbuehi
Former Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi, has died after a brief illness. He was 76 years old.
He was said to have passed on after a brief illness in the early hours of Sunday. Ogohi was the Chief of Defence Staff between 1999 and 2003.
Sources said he had been ill due to old aged related sickness for weeks before he died in his Abuja home in the early hours of Sunday.
He was the first Naval officer to reach four-star rank in the Nigerian military, including being the first chief of Defence Staff from Navy.
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The Director of Information, Nigerian Navy, Commodore Adams-Aliu confirmed the news on Sunday
The Director Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau equally confirmed the development.
He said, “Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun. With deep sorrow, I announce the death of Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi (retd.), a former Chief of Defence Staff (1999-2003).
Ogohi, who was born on 14 November 1948, had his early education in St John’s College Kaduna from 1962 to 1966. He enrolled in Nigeria Defence Academy in 1967 of regular course 4 passing out in 1970 and then Midshipman course in United Kingdom in 1971 and technical course India in 1972, under water Warfare Course India in 1976 then the United States Naval War College Course in 1980 and in 1992
He was Commanding officer Eken NNS France in 1982, commander NNS Anansa in 1985 and director Administrator in Nigeria Defence Academy in 1986 to 1987. In 1992 he was commanding directing staff in National War College and deputy commandant Armed forces command staff College, Jaji in 1995.
In May 1999 he was Chief of Defence Staff till 2003.
The late chief of Defence Staff hailed from Okura, Lafia in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State.