Former Defence Headquarters spokesman Major General Jemitola retired is dead.
Major General Chris Jemitola (retd), who was a former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo, died after slumping at the IBB Golf Club in Abuja on Thursday.morning, February 6.
Family members confirmed that Jemitola was rushed to the hospital but was pronounced dead on arrival.
Admirable handsome looking senior army officer, Jemitola served as Obasanjo’s ADC from 2003 to 2007 while he was a colonel.
He was later appointed as the Director of Defence Information and subsequently served as the Defence Attaché at the Nigerian Embassy in Brazil.
In 2014, he was promoted to the rank of Major General and later appointed the Chief of Policy and Plans (COPP) of the Nigerian Army.
Retired Major General Jemitola also had a stint in the private sector. where served as the Senior Advisor for Military Communications at Pinnacle Communications Limited as of 2019.