Former military ruler, Yakubu Gowon not dead — Spokesman
General Yakubu Gowon, former military ruler, has refuted the rumours of his death.
The rebuttal is coming after it was reported in some section of the media on Monday night that the Plateau born General is late.
In a terse statement by his personal aide, Adeyeye Ajayi, Gowon announced he was alive and doing well.
“I am still around and well. I am not in a hurry”.
Also, the governorship candidate of the Social Democratic Party in Delta State, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi poured cold water on the purported death of Gowon.
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Gbagi described the reports as the “handiwork of mischief makers”.
General Gowon served as head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975, and presided over the infamous Nigerian Civil War. Born in October 1934, Gowon hails from Lur, a small village in the present Kanke local government area of Plateau State.
He joined the Nigerian Army in 1954 and was trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England. He rose to the rank of general in 1966.
