A former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Joshua Dogonyaro is dead.

According to reports, Dogonyaro who turned 80 in September 2020 died in Jos on Thursday morning after a brief illness.

The former CDS was the officer who read the coup speech that ended the regime of Nigeria’s current President, General Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), and brought General Ibrahim Babangida (Rtd) to power on August 27, 1985.

A family source who confirmed his death said “Yes, It’s true. We just lost ‘Baba’ this morning. We cannot question God but thank him for his life.”

Meanwhile, a former Governor of Plateau State, Fidelis Tapgun described the death of the former Chief of Defence Staff as sad and a great loss to the people of the state and Nigeria in general.