Adama Aduku, the oldest
surviving retired officer of the Nigerian army, has died at the age of 101.
The army authorities
announced his death on Twitter on Wednesday. Aduku, a World War II veteran, was
said to have died on Tuesday morning.
The deceased soldier was
reportedly born in 1918 to a farmer at Abejukolo-Ife, Kogi state and joined the
army in 1945.
He was said to have fought
for the British colonial army in Burma and Egypt during the second world war
II.
In 2019, Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo presented an award of excellence to Aduku at the Nigerian army
day celebrations in Lagos.
Speaking with journalists
at the event, Aduku said he was also deployed in India during the world war.
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