The late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja has been laid to rest in Abuja, amid tears and tributes on Friday.
The internment took place at the National Cemetery in the nation’s capital marking an end to two days of funeral rites that began in Lagos earlier in the week.
His body was lowered to Mother Earth at exactly 4:41 pm after the ceremony that lasted four over two hours.
Lagbaja’s casket, draped in Nigeria’s green and white colours, arrived at the cemetery around 3 pm in a white funeral wagon after a funeral service at the National Christian Centre in Abuja.
Before the late COAS’internment, there was a service of songs, the previous day at the Army Headquarters Garrison Parade Ground, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja.
The Nigerian Air Force aeroplane carrying Lagbaja’s body arrived at the Presidential Wing of the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja around 12:15 pm on Thursday.
Meanwhile, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has conferred a posthumous national honour of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) on the late Chief of Army Staff.
Tinubu announced the conferment of the Commander of the Federal Republic honour on Lagbaja during the burial ceremony.
The President, accompanied by Vice President Kashim Shettima, led a host of dignitaries to pay their respects at the solemn ceremony.
Among those present were the First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abass, and the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.