Taoreed Lagbaja

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Lieutenant General
Taoreed Lagbaja
Chief of Army Staff
Assumed office
23 June 2023
PresidentBola Tinubu
Preceded byFaruk Yahaya
Personal details
Born (1968-02-28) 28 February 1968 (age 56)
Western State, Nigeria (now in Osun State)
Alma mater

United States Army War College (MS)

Military service
Allegiance Nigeria
Branch/service Nigerian Army
Years of service1987–present
Rank Lieutenant general

Lieutenant General Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja (born 28 February 1968) is Nigerian Army lieutenant general who is the Chief of Army Staff of Nigeria.[1][2][3] He was appointed on 19 June 2023 by President Bola Tinubu to succeed Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya.

Early life

Lagbaja was born in a town called Ilobu of Irepodun present day Osun State on 28 February 1968. He spent his early life in Osogbo where he attended the prominent St Charles Grammar School and Local Authority Teachers College.[4]

Career

He was admitted into the

US Army War College
at the Master’s level.

He was an instructor at the Nigerian Defence Academy from 2001 to 2004. At a time, Lagbaja was a Grade 2 Staff Officer in charge of peacekeeping at the Army Headquarters Department of Army Training and Operations. Then he was a Directing Staff at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji from 2006 to 2009.

In 2009, he became Deputy Chief of Staff G1 at Headquarters

General Officer Commanding Headquarters 82 Division from March 2021 to August 2022 and Headquarters 1 Division
from August 2022 to June 2023. Earlier in 2008, he attended the Military Observers Course on Peacekeeping Wing at the Nigerian Army School of Infantry Jaji (February – May 2008) and ECOWAS Standby Force Battalion Command Post Course – Peacekeeping Centre, Bamako, Mali – (June – August 2010). He started his career as a second lieutenant and he is currently a lieutenant general, a rank he was promoted to in July 2023.

Lagbaja participated in Operation HARMONY IV in Bakassi Peninsula; United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC); Operation ZAKI Internal Security Operation in Benue State; Operation LAFIYA DOLE; Operation MESA/Operation UDO KA – March 2021 – August 2022 – Internal Security Operation in South-east Nigeria (Anambra/Abia/Ebonyi/Enugu and Imo States); and Operation FOREST SANITY – Aug 2022 to 2023 – Internal Security Operation in Kaduna/Niger states. [4]

Personal life

He is married to Mariya Abiodun-Lagbaja and the marriage is blessed with 2 children. Mr Lagbaja enjoys watching documentaries and reading biographies.

References

  1. ^ "Ogalla, Abubakar, Egbetokun, Lagbaja, Musa - Meet Nigeria new Service Chiefs". BBC News Pidgin. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  2. S2CID 250008900
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  3. ^ Ariemu, Ogaga (20 June 2023). "10 interesting things to know about new COAS, Maj Gen Lagbaja". Daily Post Nigeria. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
  4. ^ a b Yusuf, Kabir (20 June 2023). "PROFILE: Major General Taoreed Lagbaja: New head of Nigerian Army". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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