ACTING COAS OLUYES PAYS CONDOLENCE VISIT TO LATE LAGBAJA’S FAMILY
The widow of the late army chief, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, Mrs. Mariya Lagbaja, received a condolence visit from Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, the Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS).
After a brief illness, Lagbaja died Tuesday night in Lagos. His age was 56.
Oluyede led a group of senior military officials to offer condolences to the Lagbaja family the day after he passed away.
Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, revealed this in a statement on Wednesday.
He said that General Officers Commanding of the Nigerian Army, Corps Commanders, and Principal Staff Officers of the Army Headquarters followed Oluyede on his tour of the Flag Staff House, Niger Barracks Abuja, and the resistance of COAS.
The acting COAS extolled his gallantry, dedication, and legacies throughout his service years in the Nigerian Army and the Armed Forces of Nigeria in general.
“It is with a huge sense of loss, albeit responsibility that I, on behalf of the officers and soldiers of the Nigerian Army commiserate with Mrs Mariya Lagbaja, the children and the entire Lagbaja clan over the passing of our dogged, gallant and extremely dedicated leader Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja (Nigerian Army Medal) the Chief of Army Staff of the Nigerian Army,” he said.
Oluyede stated that Lagbaja, without doubt, gave his all to the service of the dear nation.
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