Yakubu Gowon former Nigerian head of state is alive and well - aide

Yakubu Gowon former Nigerian head of state is alive and well – aide

Nigeria celebrates Gowon while his Plateau kinsmen suffer decades of massacres

Yakubu Gowon is a Nigerian political and military leader who served as the head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975

Adeyeye E. Ajayi, a personal aide to former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon, has debunked rumors of Gowon's death. In a statement issued late Monday night, Ajayi said, "General Gowon is still around and well. He is not in a hurry to go anywhere." The rumors of Gowon's death began circulatin

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