Obituary : Major General Obama Isidore Begins Final Journey

Military and State officials led by the Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defence turned up yesterday at the coffining of the fallen statesman to pay him their last respects.

The remains of Major General Obama Isidore who died on October 20, 2018 after an illness at the Yaounde Military Hospital have been coffined at the Yaounde General Hospital as he begins his final journey to eternity. The Minister Delegate at the Presidency in charge of Defense, Joseph Beti Assomo, who represented the Head of State at the coffining, led the military and State officials who showed up to pay their last respects to the man who served the nation for over 56 years before the cold hands of death snatched him. Amongst them was the President of the Constitutional Council, the Delegate General for National Security, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence in charge of the National Gendarmerie and the Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence in charge of War Victims and Ex-servicemen.

A brief requiem service was or ganised with the Priest drawing inspiration from Paul’s letter to the Romans to pray for the soul of the departed statesman while thanking God for the fulfilled life he lived during his days on earth. Born in 1941, Major General Obama Isidore after his primary and secondary educa tion was admitted into the Combined Military Academy (EMIA) in Yaounde in 1959. He later studied in France between 1961 and 1962 at the Ecole des Officiers de Gendarmerie de M...

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