{"id":138659,"date":"2024-11-16T14:49:19","date_gmt":"2024-11-16T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/late-coas-lagbaja-laid-to-rest-amid-tears-tributes"},"modified":"2024-11-16T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-16T14:58:36","slug":"late-coas-lagbaja-laid-to-rest-amid-tears-tributes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/late-coas-lagbaja-laid-to-rest-amid-tears-tributes","title":{"rendered":"Late COAS Lagbaja laid to rest amid tears, tributes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has been laid to rest in Abuja, amid tears and tributes, ending an illustrious military career that spanned decades.<\/p>\n<p>The internment took place at the National Cemetery in the nation\u2019s capital marking an end to two days of funeral rites that began in Lagos earlier in the week.<\/p>\n<p>His body was lowered to Mother Earth at exactly 4:41 pm after the ceremony that lasted four over two hours.<\/p>\n<p>Lagbaja\u2019s casket, draped in Nigeria\u2019s green and white colours, arrived at the cemetery around 3 pm in a white funeral wagon after a funeral service at the National Christian Centre in Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>Before the late COAS\u2019internment, there was a service of songs, the previous day at the Army Headquarters Garrison Parade Ground, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Air Force aeroplane carrying Lagbaja\u2019s body arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja around 12:15 pm on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. 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