The family of late Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has said his death was unnatural......See Full Story>>.....See Full Story>>
Lagbaja died in Lagos weeks after his demise was rumoured allegedly from cancer.
However, in some circles including his large family, the death of the 56-year-old General is viewed as unnatural.
To them, it’s the handiwork of evil doers who allegedly killed him diabolically over a land dispute in his hometown, Ilobu in Osun State.
The land dispute stemmed from plan by the Nigerian Army to site a hospital in the community.
Meanwhile uncle to the deceased, Pa Tajudeen Lagbaja, rued the day he obtained Nigerian Defence Academic(NDA) form for him, saying in an interview with The Nation, “Everyone who is born must die. We give glory to God. The year that I obtained NDA form for him, if I had known that he would die before me, I would not have done so. I regret obtaining the form for him. But it is destiny.
“The death that killed Taoreed Lagbaja ought to take me. I took him as one of my children. We are greatly bereaved, we are sad. He constructed a borehole in his father’s compound and other places in the community.
“We can never forget him, his death is so shocking to us. I have accepted the fate, all the promises he made to me have hit a brick wall. He always gave us hope in the family, despite the sorrow, I give thanks to God.”