Ex-naval top officer Joe Aikhomu is dead

A former chief of naval administration Rear Admiral Joe Aikhomu (retd) is dead.

The 65-year-old died on Thursday morning in Abuja.

He was the younger brother to the late former military Vice President Admiral Augustus Aikhomu (retd).

Until his death, Aikhomu was chairman of Ocean Marine Solutions (OMS), a company his late brother founded with businessman Captain Hosa Okunbo.

The deceased was also a member of the investigative panel on arms procurement between 2007 and 2015 which was set up by President Muhammadu Buhari.