Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, signing the condolence register as he, along top Defence chiefs pay condolence visit to the official residence of late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja
…the late COAS played in fighting insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria, the IGP noted that Gen. Lagbaja’s death is a great loss to our dear country and has surely created a vacuum, said IGP Egbetokun.
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, along with Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar, Minister of State for Defence, Hon. Mohammad Bello Matawalle, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, and other service chiefs, paid a condolence visit to the widow of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoheed Lagbaja, Mrs. Mariya Lagbaja, at his official residence in Abuja.
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The IGP described the late COAS as a great man, “who dedicated his life and wealth of experience to defending our nation’s security space.”
Aside the ministers and service chiefs, other senior officers from the Defence Headquarters were part of the delegation that was mainly of the Armed Forces and the security community, according to a statement by Force Public Relations Officer, ACP. Olumuyiwa Adejobi, sent to journalists on Thursday.
“While reiterating the significant role the late COAS played in fighting insurgency and terrorism in Nigeria, the IGP noted that Gen. Lagbaja’s death is a great loss to our dear country and has surely created a vacuum.
“The IGP, on behalf of the Nigeria Police Force, again expressed condolences to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Force, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, the Armed Forces of Nigeria, family and friends of the late COAS, and prayed that God will grant them the fortitude to bear the loss,” said the statement by Olumuyiwa Adejobi, nipr, mipra, fCAI, the Force Public Relations Officer, dated Thursday November 7, 2024.
