South East Development Peace Initiative (SPDI) has called on the Nigerian Government to unravel those behind the rumoured death of the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja.
Leader of the group, Hon Vitus Okechi, a former commissioner in Enugu State, said the intention of the rumour peddlers should be unearthed.
He said this in a press statement issued in Enugu on Monday, expressing shock that people would wish the Army chief dead at a time he was succeeding in wiping out terrorism across the country.
DAILY POST reports that the Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, disclosed earlier on Monday that Lagbaja spoke with the Chief of Defence Staff, Christopher Musa.https://dailypost.ng/2024/10/21/chief-of-army-staff-lagbaja-spoke-with-defence-chief-musa-dhq/
Okechi, a former Local Government Chairman, noted that even after an official statement by the army, “they are now asking for a video of the General.”
“There must be an ulterior motive in all these. And as a group, the South East Development Peace Initiative (SDPI) urges the Federal Government to investigate the source of this rumour