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Diya for burial July 29

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General Donaldson Oladipupo Diya
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The late former Chief of General Staff, Lt.-Gen. Oladipo Diya, will be buried on July 29, 2023.
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Special Adviser on Media and Strategy to Diya, Mr. Olawale Adekoya, disclosed this, yesterday, in Lagos.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Adekoya said that the funeral rites would commence on July 26, 2023 with a Night of Tributes, while service of songs and Christian wake would hold on July 27 and July 28 respectively.

“The final burial rites will hold on July 29 with the church service, interment, reception and final laying to rest, while the thanksgiving service will hold on July 30.

“Further details will be made available in due course,” Adekoya said.

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Meanwhile, a family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the funeral rites would hold in the late Diya’s country home, Odogbolu, Ogun State.
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