The body of the Chief of Army Staff Lt Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja has arrived at the Nigerian Air Force wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos.
Soldiers from the Guards Brigade, prepared to pay their final respects, received the body at 9 am on Thursday.
Lagbaja died on November 5 in Lagos after a brief ailment.
He is to be flown to Abuja for burial.
