A former Chief of Army Staff during the regime of the late Sani Abacha, Major General Mohammed Chris Alli, is dead.
He died after a brief illness in the early hours of Sunday at the Military Hospital, Lagos at age 79.
Alli, was appointed the 9th COAS in November 1993 and was in office until his retirement from service in August 1994.
General Alli was born on December 25, 1944, in Koton Karfe, in present-day Kogi State.
He joined the Nigerian Army on October 20, 1967, as a member of the Emergency Short Service Combatant Course and rose through the ranks to become the Director, Military Intelligence (DMI)
He was also appointed interim administrator of Plateau State during a 2004 crisis in the state following ethno-religious killings in Shendam, Yelwa Local Government.
