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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The head of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja\u2019s family, Pa Tajudeen, has said the death that killed the ex-COAS should have been him.<\/p>\n

Pa Tajudeen said he would never had obtained the Nigerian Defence Academic, NDA, form for Lagbaja if he for saw his death.<\/p>\n

The younger brother to the late COAS\u2019s father, disclosed this while speaking with The Nation.<\/p>\n

He said he would never had bought the NSA form for Lagbaja if he knew the late COAS would die.<\/p>\n

According to Pa Tajudeen: \u201cEveryone 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.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe death that killed Taoreed Lagbaja ought to take me. I took him as one of my children. We are greatly bereaved, we are sad.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe constructed a borehole in his father\u2019s compound and other places in the community. We can never forget him, his death is so shocking to us.\u201d<\/p>\n

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