Damilola Timilehin, Ibadan
Former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 82 Amour Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu, and the 2 Mechanized Division, Ibadan, General Yohanna Yerima Kure (rtd) has died at the age of 84.
Kure, who was also Director, Army Special Duties and Plans, died in Kaduna after a protracted illness.
He led the Army to crush the Maitatsine fanatical group in Kano 198o and in Yola 1982.
He was born into the Royal family of Mallam Manchaik Kure and Mallama Tawok Kure on April 2, 1939 in Kurmin Musa, Kachia LGA, Kaduna State.
He attended Missionary Schools in Kwoi and Kagoro for his elementary education before gaining admission into Provincial Secondary School Zaria popularly known as Alhudahuda.
Young Kure enlisted into the Nigerian Army through the prestigious Nigerian Military Training College (now NDA) in 1963 and was commissioned as an officer in 1964.
Kure retired as an Officer of the Nigerian Army officer in 1990 and upon his retirement from the Military he attended ECWA Theological College in Jos where he obtained his first degree and Masters in Theology and went into pastoral work.
He is survived by his wife, siblings, many children, Grand children and relations.
General Y.Y. Kure will be buried on the 1st of December, 2023 in his hometown, Kurmin Musa, Kachia Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A Wake keep and Service of Songs will be held on the 29th of November 2023 at ECWA Church Lemu Road, Tudun Wada Kaduna by 4pm.
