Former Military Head of States, General Yakubu Gowon is reportedly alive and stick kicking at the age of 88.
Earlier viral news reports had pronounced him dead today, Monday October, 9, 2023.
He is a retired Nigerian army general and also retired Military Head of State.
As head of state of Nigeria, Gowon presided over a controversial Nigerian Civil War and delivered the famous “no victor, no vanquished” speech at the war’s end to promote healing and reconciliation.
Gowon, born on 19th of October, 1934, is 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.