Adeyeye E. Ajayi, a personal aide to former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, has debunked rumours flying around social media that the former Head of State is dead.
This was contained in a terse statement issued by Ajayi late Monday night.
Ajayi said Gowon is “still around and well.”
“General Gowon is not in a hurry to go anywhere.”
Also, candidate of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) in the March 18 gubernatorial election in Delta State, Kenneth Gbagi, confirmed that General Gowon is alive.
The former Minister of State for Education, who spoke through his Chief Press Secretary, Orusi Kenneth, on Monday, described the purported death as the “handiwork of mischief makers”.
Gbagi disclosed that General Gowon is alive, hale and hearty and presently in London.