Former Chief of Defense Staff Joshua Hamidu dies

Former Chief of Defence staff under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Lieutenant General (Retired) Joshua Mahamadu Hamidu, has died.

He died at the 37 Military Hospital while receiving treatment on Monday evening February 1, a reliable source revealed to smartandstuck.com.

Funeral arrangements are expected to be made Public after President Akufo-Addo has announce a ban on social gathering in the country.

The top military Capo served as a National Security adviser to President John Agyekum Kufuor in 2001. He has also been Chairman of Narcotics Control Board and some boards of Bank of Ghana as well.

He served as Ghana’s High Commissioner to Nigeria as well and known widely as the father of military intelligence.

Source: Ghana/otecfmghana.com