Information reaching Daily Query indicates that the body of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed on a few days ago, has arrived in Nigeria.
The body arrived last night (Tuesday, November 5).
Sources said he had battled with an aggressive prostate cancer that had reached a late stage. All medical efforts to combat the further spread of the deadly illness failed.
The latest news comes as a big blow to the Nigerian Army.
The late Chief of Army Staff served the Army gloriously and had maintained the integrity and valour of the military like no other military man that had worn the uniform.
President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday night decorated the acting Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Oluyede, as Lieutenant General.
The Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, is dead,
A statement by the Special Adviser to the President, Bayo Onanuga, has just confirmed Lt-Gen Lagbaja’s death.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, regrets to announce the passing of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, at age 56,” the statement read.
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