{"id":54916,"date":"2024-10-21T09:04:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/death-rumour-chief-of-army-staff-lagbaja-will-soon-resume-duties-dhq\/"},"modified":"2024-10-21T09:04:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T09:04:46","slug":"death-rumour-chief-of-army-staff-lagbaja-will-soon-resume-duties-dhq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/death-rumour-chief-of-army-staff-lagbaja-will-soon-resume-duties-dhq\/","title":{"rendered":"Death rumour: Chief of Army Staff, Lagbaja will soon resume duties \u2013 DHQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Contrary to the death rumours making the rounds, Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said that the Chief of Army Staff, COAS Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja will soon resume normal duties.<\/p>\n<p>DAILY POST reports that there were speculations in some quarters on Sunday, purporting the death of the COAS.<\/p>\n<p>But in a statement on Monday by its Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, the DHQ said Lagbaja is currently on a \u201cwell-deserved rest as part of his 2024 annual leave\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also clarified that no any senior officer was appointed as the acting Chief of Army Staff, COAS as being peddled on social media<\/p>\n<p>He said the Nigerian army is \u201cprofessionally managed and all the Service Chiefs are performing their duties as stipulated in the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DHQ urges individuals spreading unfounded rumours to desist from doing so immediately. The COAS is hale and hearty and will soon resume normal duties at the end of his leave.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMedia organizations are advised to verify information with the appropriate authorities before releasing fake news to the public. The CDS had only spoken with the COAS a few minutes ago\u201d, the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>Death rumour: Chief of Army Staff, Lagbaja will soon resume duties \u2013 DHQ<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contrary to the death rumours making the rounds, Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, has said that the Chief of Army Staff,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54917,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25461,2515,15,4815],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-death-rumour","category-dhq","category-news","category-taoreed-lagbaja"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Death rumour: Chief of Army Staff, Lagbaja will soon resume duties \u2013 DHQ - Niger Delta News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerdeltanews.ng\/death-rumour-chief-of-army-staff-lagbaja-will-soon-resume-duties-dhq\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Death rumour: Chief of Army Staff, Lagbaja will soon resume duties \u2013 DHQ - 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