Nigeria Mourns: Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, COAS, Passes On
President Bola Tinubu’s administration has confirmed the untimely demise of Lt. General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, Chief of the Army Staff, who left us at the tender age of 56.
SPECIAL ADVISER TO THE PRESIDENT ON INFORMATION AND STRATEGY, BAYO ONANUGA, ISSUED A STATEMENT CONFIRMING THE PASSING OF LAGBAJA, STATING THAT HE DIED IN LAGOS LAST NIGHT AFTER A PERIOD OF ILLNESS.
TO HELP YOU BETTER KNOW LATE COAS LAGBAJA, WE HAVE GATHERED THESE FACTS:
Lagbaja was born on February 28, 1968, in Ilobu, Irepodun Local Government Area, Osun State.
He held the distinguished position of the 23rd Chief of Army Staff.
A local government school in Osogbo, Nigeria, was his first port of call, where he studied from 1973 to 1979.
HE LATER ATTENDED THE POLYTECHNIC, IBADAN, OBTAINING HIS WEST AFRICAN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE (ADVANCED LEVEL) BETWEEN 1984 AND 1986.
FURTHERMORE, ON SEPTEMBER 12, 1987, HE WAS ADMITTED TO THE NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY AS A MEMBER OF THE 39TH REGULAR COURSE.
HE WENT ON TO BE COMMISSIONED AS A SECOND LIEUTENANT IN THE NIGERIAN ARMY INFANTRY CORPS ON SEPTEMBER 19, 1992.
HE HOLDS A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY FROM NDA KADUNA AND A MASTER’S FROM THE U.S. ARMY WAR COLLEGE.
BEFORE HIS PROMOTION TO COAS, LAGBAJA HELD THE POSITIONS OF CHIEF OF OPERATION (ARMY) AND SERVED AS GENERAL OFFICER COMMANDING, 1 DIVISION IN KADUNA AND 82 DIVISION IN NIGERIAN ARMY ENUGU.
IN 2023, ON JUNE 19TH, PRESIDENT TINUBU APPOINTED HIM CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF.
LATEN COAS LAGBAJA LEAVES BEHIND HIS DEVOTED WIFE, MARIYA, AND TWO CHILDREN.
