Adama Aduku, the oldest surviving retired officer of the Nigerian army, has died at the age of 101.
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The army authorities announced his death on Twitter on Wednesday. Aduku, a World War II veteran, was said to have died on Tuesday morning.
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The deceased soldier was reportedly born in 1918 to a farmer at Abejukolo-Ife, Kogi state and joined the army in 1945.
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He was said to have fought for the British colonial army in Burma and Egypt during the second world war II.
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In 2019, Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo presented an award of excellence to Aduku at the Nigerian army day celebrations in Lagos.
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Speaking with journalists at the event, Aduku said he was also deployed in India during the world war.
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