BEVERLY HILLS, February 25, (THEWILL) – A former Chief of Naval Administration, Rear Admiral Joe Aikhomu (rtd), has died from complications from the coronavirus.
Family sources told THEWILL that the jolly retired top officer died in Abuja Thursday morning at the age of 65.
The deceased, younger brother to former military President Ibrahim Babangida’s Vice President, the Late Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (rtd), was until his death, Chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS), a company his late brother founded with businessman Captain Hosa Okunbo.
Aikhomu was also a member of the Investigative Panel on Arms Procurement between 2007 and 2015.
He hailed from Irrua in Edo State, the birthplace and final resting place of the late Nigerian composer, singer and activist, the Late Sunny Okosuns.
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