7th November, 2024
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja
Osun State governor, Ademola Adeleke has declared three days mourning for the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Taoreed Lagbaja.
The State government also directed that flags should be flown at half mast in the state during the same period, Osun Commissioner for Information and Public Enlightenment, Oluomo Kolapo Alimi, disclosed in a statement of Thursday.
He added that condolence registers has also been opened at the government house and Governor’s office for the condolence messages of the people of Osun.
According to the information Commissioner, the death of the late COAS is devastating, a colossal loss to humanity and the nation.
“The government is sad at this irreparable loss of one of the Glory of Osun state, and we particularly condole with the Lagbaja family of Ilobu, the Olobu of Ilobu and everyone.
“The mourning period is to start today Thursday November 7, 2024 and end on Saturday 9th, while the Condolence Register is for people to pen down their memories of him, for the immortality of the late COAS, who died at age 56.
“Once again, we pray God repose the soul of late Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, General Taoreed Lagbaja, and grant him Aljanna Firdaus, Ameen,” the Osun commissioner concluded in the statement
The Nigerian presidency had in a statement on Wednesday morning announced the death of the Chief of Army Staff.
According to the statement, 56-year-old Lagbaja died on Tuesday in an undisclosed hospital in Lagos.
The late COAS had embarked on treatment for an undisclosed illness many weeks ago and his absence had led to different speculations.
