By Sumayyah Auwal Ishaq
The late General Mohammed Inuwa Wushishi, who died Saturday in London, was buried at Unguwar Rimi cemetery in Kaduna this afternoon. The funeral prayer, which Dr Ahmad Mahmood Gummi led at Sultan Bello mosque, amid tears, was attended by hundreds of people from within and outside Kaduna.
The Governor of Niger State, Alhaji Abubakar Sani Bello, and other senior government officials of Niger State attended the burial. Other dignitaries included the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, and numerous senior serving military officers.
It would be recalled that late General Wushishi was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 12 January 1962. He was Chief of Army Staff (COAS) from October 1981 to October 1983 during the Shehu Shagari administration. However, he was required to retire on 3 January 1984, after the 31 December 1983 coup in which General Muhammadu Buhari came to power.
