The Chief Financial Officer of the Nigerian Armed Forces Rehabilitation Center (NAFRC) and one of the best officers in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General OA James, has died.
A senior army officer died on Tuesday night after being hit by a car by a Corporal Abayomi Ebun, who was allegedly drunk, allegedly with a drunken car, people familiar with the matter told PREMIUM TIMES.
The incident happened on Tuesday at about 10.30pm when Brigadier General James was on his way to his headquarters inside the NAFRC barracks in Lagos.
“The General was on his way to his apartment inside the Barracks when he was knocked down by a drunken soldier,” said one of our sources. “The soldier also lives within the barracks and was seen driving recklessly before hitting the senior officer.”
PREMIUM TIMES learned that the General was rushed to the NAFRC Medical Center where he was confirmed dead after the incident.
The army corporal has since been arrested and is being held by NAFRC provosts who are investigating the matter.
The Nigerian Army has yet to comment on the incident. Force spokesperson Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu did not respond and is yet to return calls seeking comment.
Until his death, Brigadier General James was a senior member of the Finance Corps of the Nigerian Army. He had a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Accounting and also a Master’s in Business Administration in Finance.
He was a member of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN) and a member of the Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM), Nigerian Institute of Directors (MIoD), Chartered Institute of Taxation (ACTI) and National Institute (mni). ).
He was awarded the Meritorious Service Star (MSS) and the Pass Staff College (PSC).
The Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre, where Brigadier General James served until his death, is a tri-service institution that trains military personnel in one vocation or another before retiring to civilian life.
The aim of the centre, says the defense headquarters, is to help retiring military members ease into civilian life. Initially, the center was known as the Nigerian Army Rehabilitation Centre. The name change was necessitated by the involvement of other military services in its operations and services.
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