The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has been laid to rest in Abuja, today amid tears and tributes, thus ending an enviable military career that spanned decades.
The internment was at the National Cemetery in the nation’s capital marking an end to two days of funeral rites that started in Lagos earlier in the week.
Lagbaja’s body was lowered to Mother Earth at exactly 4:41 pm after the ceremony that lasted four over two hours.
Before the ’internment, there was a service of songs, the previous day at the Army Headquarters Garrison Parade Ground, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja.
The Nigerian Air Force aeroplane carrying Lagbaja’s body arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja around 12:15 pm on Thursday.
Lagbaja Taoreed was appointed Chief of Army Staff on July 19,2023. He died and given a state burial as ordered by President Tinubu amid tears and encomiums at age 56.
