A family member of Nigeria's former Military Vice-President, Mike Akhigbe, has claimed that the ex-Chief of General Staff is not dead as widely reported in the media on Monday morning.

Elder brother of the retired military officer, Joseph Alemon Akhigbe, disclosed that Admiral Akhigbe is presently in a hospital in the United States of America, USA, where he is recuperating.

He described the online reports of his brother's alleged death as "not true and really embarrassing" to the family.

He further stated that "the wife, son-in-law and his daughter are with him [in the US]. My immediate younger brother in Abuja, who spoke to the wife in America, confirmed to family members that the Admiral is stabilizing; the news of his [alleged] death is totally untrue."

Speaking on the rumoured death of the Admiral, his younger brother identified as Aselenmen, also said that, "I spoke with him this early morning at about 5am; that's why we are surprise with such an erroneous report. It is not good for people to report the death of persons when such is not the case."

Akhigbe served as Vice-President under General Abdusalam Abubakar between 1998 to 1999 when he handed over power to civilian President, Olusegun Obasanjo.

He was rumoured to have died on Sunday in London after a long battle with cancer.

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