ICYMI: Osun Traditionalists Speak On Invoking Spirit Of Late Chief of Army Staff, Says His Death Is Not Natural

Osun traditionalists have described the death of the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja, as one that is not natural.

This is just as the spiritualists in his country home of Ilobu, in Irepodun Local Government Area of Osun State declared that the spirit of the late Army chief can be invoked for vengeance on those connected with his early passing.

Speaking on his death, a traditionalist, Awopegba Ifagbemi, said the residents of the town are still mourning his loss while pleading with the Federal Government to release Lagbaja’s corpse to them to make their spiritual exercise workable.

Awopegba revealed that traditionalists in the town had already met on the development to discuss how the rites would be carried out.

He, however, declined to discuss the rites further.

Speaking in the same vein, a community leader in the town, who identified himself as Alhaji Dauda Taofeek, maintained that Lagbaja’s death was not natural and the killers would not go scot-free.

Alhaji Dauda insisted that Lagbaja’s death was a great blow to the community, the state, and the country.

The traditional ruler of the General’s hometown, Olobu of Ilobu, Oba Ashiru Olatoye Olaniyan, described his death as a generational disaster to all and sundry in the locality.

He charged the Federal Government to release the body of the late soldier for them so they can bury him in his hometown.

“We are seriously bereaved. What happened was a generational disaster to us as a people.

“He left us when we were rejoicing that God had answered our prayer. Since my ascension to the throne in the last 50 years, Wednesday remains one of the worst days for this community.

“He loved this community and was passionate about the development of this town, but what has happened reflects the supremacy of God. We prayed, we fasted, but his death is the wish of God.

“It is only God that can console us. No amount of condolences can pacify us. As a community, we know what we have lost. I only pray to God to stand by his family and hold the community for me. We don’t want this any longer in Ilobu and I know that God has answered our prayer,” he said.