{"id":33161,"date":"2021-05-13T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=33161"},"modified":"2021-05-13T11:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T10:00:00","slug":"breaking-ex-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-joshua-dogonyaro-is-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/13\/breaking-ex-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-joshua-dogonyaro-is-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Joshua Dogonyaro is dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The former Chief of Defence Staff during the regime of the late General Sani Abacha, Lieutenant General Joshua Dogonyaro, is dead.<\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2021\/05\/08\/dare-islamic-group-gives-reason-pastor-adeboyes-son-died\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">died<\/a> at the age of 80<\/p>\n<p>According to the family source, General Dogonyaro died at the early hour of Thursday at Jos University Teaching Hospital where he was admitted after a brief illness while his remains have been deposited at Airforce Hospital in Jos, Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>Dogonyaro, a soldier, administrator;<br \/>\nwas born on September 12, 1940; at Vom, Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p>He attended Boys\u2019 Secondary School, Gindiri, Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), Kaduna, 1964-67, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, Jaji, Armour Officers Course, USA, Armoured Car Troop Leaders Course, UK, Command and Staff College, Jaji, Defence Resources Management Course, USA, National Institute for Policy and Suategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.<\/p>\n<p>He enlisted in the Nigerian Army in 1964 and was commissioned Second-Lieutenant in the Nigerian Army Armoured Corps, 1967. 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