The Nigerian Army official X handle, @HQNigerian Army has said that speculation that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja is dead is fake news.

Recall that a report from an online publisher based abroad which had been trending on Sunday said, “Chief of Army Staff dies of cancer”.

The report reads, “The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has died. Lagbaja died in an undisclosed hospital overseas nearly 48hrs ago from a stage three cancer, according to a senior Government official.