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BREAKING: Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon is Dead

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BREAKING: Former Head of State General Yakubu Gowon is Dead

General Yakubu Gowon is dead.

Newsone reports that a former Nigerian Head of State General Yakubu Gowon is dead.

This online news platform understands that General Yakubu Gowon who was the head of state of Nigeria from 1966 to 1975, during which time he presided over the Nigerian Civil War, reportedly passed on at the age of 89 today, Monday, October 9, 2023.

Born on 19 October 1934, Gowon joined the Nigerian Army in 1954 and was trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst in England. He rose to the rank of general in 1966.

Gowon is from Lur, a small village in the present Kanke Local Government Area of Plateau State. He was chosen to become the head of state of Nigeria in 1966. He led the country during the Nigerian Civil War, which lasted from 1967 to 1970.

Newsone Nigeria recalls that Yakubu Gowon promised to return Nigeria to civilian rule after the war but he was overthrown in a bloodless coup in 1975. He went into exile in England after being overthrown. He later returned to Nigeria.

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