Nigeria’s army chief, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, who led soldiers through a critical period in the fight against Islamic extremists in the West African nation's hard-hit northeast, has died after an illness, President Bola Tinubu said Wednesday. Lagbaja was 56.
Lagbaja, who served as army chief since June 2023, died on Tuesday night after a “period of illness” in Nigeria’s economic hub of Lagos, Tinubu said in a statement issued by his office.
