By EgbemaVoice  Nigeria mourns the loss of its Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, who passed away on Tuesday in Lagos after a brief illness. His untimely death, coming just a year after his appointment by President Bola Tinubu, has sent waves of shock across the nation. This sorrowful incident is the third time a Chief of Army Staff has died while in office, marking yet another painful chapter in Nigeria’s history of military leadership losses.  Advertisement  Below are the former Chiefs of Army Staff who met a similar fate while serving in office: Joseph Akahan (August 1967)   Joseph Akahan Joseph Akahan, appointed as Army Chief at the age of 30, assumed the role shortly before the outbreak of the Nigerian Civil War in 1967. Following a visit to the frontlines in Nsukka, he returned briefly to his hometown in Gboko to rest.   Tragically, on his way back to Makurdi, the helicopter he was traveling in crashed, resulting in his death along with those of the two pilots on bo