Lagbaja’s family, Osun community seek hospital rehabilitation

The family of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, and the Ilobu community in Osun State have engaged the state government regarding the rehabilitation of a hospital, according to Punch.

A second memorial service for the former General was held at the Maria Lagbaja Event Centre in Ikeja, Lagos. During the ceremony, the Nigerian Army and the Prayer and Support for the Nigerian Armed Forces and other security agencies called for sustained efforts to end national insecurity. Palliatives were distributed to widows of fallen soldiers during the event, which was attended by military and paramilitary officers, family, friends, and civil society organisations.

Representing the General Officer Commanding, 81 Division, Major General Adebayo Babalola, Brigadier General Ahmed Getso described Lagbaja as a distinguished patriot. Punch Nigeria reports that Lagbaja joined the Nigerian Defence Academy in 1987 as part of the 39th Regular Course and was commissioned into the Nigerian Army Infantry Corps in 1992, eventually becoming Chief of Army Staff in June 2023.

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