The Nigerian Army has described as fakenews reports on social media and some online platforms ( not blueprint.ng) that the Chief of Army Staff Lt.-Gen. Toareed Lagbaja has died of cancer in a foreign hospital.
But reacting to the publication on it X handle @HQ Nigerian Army (former Twitter) the Army said the report is fake news.
Attempts by our reporter to reach army spokesperson Major General Onyema Nwachuckwu proved abortive as his telephone lines were switched off.