Former Chief of Naval Administration Rear Admiral Joe
Aikhomu (rtd) is dead, The Nation has learnt.
Aikhomu, 65, passed on Thursday morning in Abuja allegedly
from COVID-19 complications.
The deceased who was younger brother to former military Vice
President, 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 which was set up by President Muhammadu
Buhari during his first tenure.
According to sources, his death has thrown the navy
community into mourning as Aikhomu was considered a mobile encyclopedia on
maritime operations and logistics in the Gulf of Guinea (GoG) region.
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