…Directs participants to Go Into Self-Isolation
Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai
The Nigerian Army on Thursday directed all participants at the Chief of Army Staff’s ongoing Annual Conference 2020 in Abuja to go into self-isolation following the death of he General Officer Commanding (GOC), 6 Div, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Maj-Gen Olu Irefin. He was said to have died on Thursday in Abuja of complications related to COVID-19.
Irefin, appointed GOC of the 6 Div in July this year, was a participant at the ongoing CAS conference.
Prior to his last appointment, he was the GOC 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Lagos.
Conveying the army authorities directive, army spokesman, Brig-Gen Sagir Musa, said in a statement the army has cancelled the programme and asked all participants to be in self-isolation, .
Brig-Gen Musa said; “The Nigerian Army wishes to inform members of the public that due to resurgence of COVID 19 Pandemic in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja in what appears to be a second wave of infection cycle and the unfortunate incident on Tuesday 8 December 2020, where an officer participating in the ongoing Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2020 here in Abuja tested positive to COVID 19, the remaining activities of the conference have therefore been immediately cancelled.
“All the participants have been mandated to immediately proceed on self isolation in line with the Federal Government’s protocol for COVID 19 and to prevent any further spread of the disease.
