UPDATED: Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, laid to rest
Joshua Dogonyaro, a retired lieutenant general and former military administrator of Plateau, died at the age of 80 last month.
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The remains of a former Chief of Defence Staff, Joshua Dogonyaro, were laid to rest in Langtang, Plateau State, on Friday.
Mr Dogonyaro, a retired lieutenant general and former military administrator of Plateau State, died at the age of 80 last month.
According to his first son, Joseph Dogonyaro, he died after battling stroke at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (
At the wake service held on Friday, the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi; Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong; Former Head of State, Yakubu Gowon, amongst other dignitaries paid tribute to the deceased.