MIKE AKHIGBE BURIED YESTERDAY

Mike Okhai Akhigbe is a retired Vice Admiral of the Nigerian Navy. He served as the Vice President of Nigeria during the General Abdusalam Abubakar led military government from 1998 till the termination of military government in Nigeria, in 1999. He had also previously served as Military Governor of Nigeria's Ondo State from 1985 to 1986, and Military Governor of Lagos State from 1986 to 1988, after which he was appointed Chief of Naval Staff, the highest-ranking officer of the Nigerian Navy, and subsequently the Chief of General Staff, the highest ranking military officer of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Armed forces. Retired Vice Admiral Mike Okhai Akhigbe died in the USA on the 28th Of October 2013 around 1pm after battling with cancer for many years.

 Professor Omo Omoruyi was Frtiday buried at his Family house at, 18, Oza Street, Benin City just as the remains of former Chief of General Staff (CGS), Admiral Mike Akhigbe touched down at the Benin Airport, aboard a Nigerian Air Force plane marked NAF-031, at 11.45am enroute Fugar, his home town.