Former Military Vice President, Mike Akhigbe Dies At 68

Nigeria’s former Chief of General Staff, Vice
Admiral Mike Akhigbe, is dead. He was aged
68.
Akhigbe, whose position in the Armed Forces
Ruling Council (AFRC), headed by Gen.
Abdulsalami Abubakar, made him the vice-
president in the military regime that mid-
wifed the return to democratic rule in 1999,
died at the weekend in England.
Akhigbe, a fine gentleman naval officer, went
on to read law and became an attorney with
specialization in Maritime and Real Estate Law
upon his retirement in 1999.
The former Military Administrator of Lagos
and Ondo States it was learnt, had been
having a running battle with cancer.
Mike Akhigbe hailed from Edo State.