Fake News! General Lagbaja alive – Army

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, is alive.
The Nigerian Army, on Sunday, dismissed speculations claiming that Lagbaja died of cancer in a foreign hospital.
It labelled the report as ‘fake news’.
The headquarters via its official X handle, @HQNigerianArmy, dismissed the online report that circulated on Sunday, stating, “Chief of Army Staff dies of cancer.”
The report claimed that Lagbaja passed away in an undisclosed hospital overseas nearly 48 hours ago due to stage three cancer, according to a senior government official.
Furthermore, the report alleged that the news of the Chief of Army Staff’s death had been kept secret due to intense lobbying by some Army Generals seeking to assume his position.