Shugaban kasa, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, babban kwamandan sojojin kasa, ya sanar da rasuwar Laftanar Janar Taoreed Abiodun Lagbaja, babban hafsan sojin kasa.
Lagbaja ya rasu yana da shekaru 56 a duniya.
A cewar wata sanarwa da mai ba shugaban kasa shawara kan harkokin yada labarai da dabaru, Bayo Onanuga ya fitar, ya rasu ne a daren ranar Talata a Legas bayan ya yi fama da rashin lafiya.
“An haifi Laftanar Janar Lagbaja a ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 1968, a ranar 19 ga Yuni, 2023, ta hannun Shugaba Tinubu.
“Babban aikinsa na soja ya fara ne a lokacin da ya shiga makarantar horas da sojoji ta Najeriya a shekarar 1987. A ranar 19 ga Satumba, 1992, aka ba shi mukamin Laftanar na biyu a rundunar sojojin Najeriya a matsayin mamba na kwas na 39 na yau da kullun.
“A tsawon aikinsa, Laftanar Janar Lagbaja ya nuna kyakkyawan jagoranci da jajircewa, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan runduna ta 93 da kuma bataliya ta 72 na musamman.
“Ya taka rawar gani sosai a ayyukan tsaron cikin gida da dama da suka hada da Operation ZAKI a jihar Binuwai, Lafiya Dole a Borno, Udoka a Kudu maso Gabashin Najeriya, da Operation Forest Sanity a fadin jihar Kaduna da Neja.
“Wani tsohon dalibin babbar jami’ar Yakin Sojojin Amurka, ya samu digirin digirgir a fannin Dabarun Dabaru, inda ya nuna kwazonsa ga ci gaban sana’a da kwazonsa a shugabancin soja.
“Lt. Janar Lagbaja ya rasu ya bar matar sa Mariya da ‘ya’yansu biyu.
“Shugaba Tinubu ya jajantawa iyalansa da sojojin Najeriya a wannan mawuyacin lokaci. Ya kuma yi wa Laftanar Janar Lagbaja fatan zaman lafiya tare da girmama gagarumar gudunmawar da yake baiwa al’ummar kasar,” sanarwar ta kara da cewa.