Former
Chief of General Staff, Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is dead. He was 68. Akhigbe,
whose position in the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), headed by Gen.
Abdulsalami Abubakar, made him the military vice-president in the junta that
superintended the return to democracy in 1999, died at the weekend in
England.
It was
gathered that the deceased had been battling with cancer for a long time.
Before his
appointment as the chief of general staff following the death of the then Head
of State, Gen. Sani Abacha, in 1998, Akhigbe, who hailed from Edo State, was
the Chief of Naval Staff.
After his
retirement from the navy he went to read law and became an attorney with
specialisation in Maritime and Real Estate Law.
He was a
seasoned businessman with substantial interests in real estate.
During his
military career that spanned several decades, he was the Principal Welfare
Officer of the Nigerian Navy Flagship NNS Aradu, military governor of Lagos and
Ondo States, Director at the Naval Headquarters and Flag Officer Commanding,
Eastern Naval Command.
Akhigbe
attended the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Royal Naval School of Maritime
Operations Dryad, Southwick the United Kingdom, Command and Staff College Jaji,
National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS) Kuru and University
of Poitiers, Rouan, France.
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