Former Field Commander of ECOMOG, retired General Joshua Dogonyaro, is dead.
He died Jos on Thursday morning, according to family sources.
He was 80 years old.
Dogonyaro made name as the officer that announced the coup that toppled General Muhammadu Buhari as head of state in 1985.
He was a prominent member of the “Lantang Mafia”, an acronym for the military officers serving in General Ibrahim Bademosi Babangida regime.
He was born in 1940 at Vom Missionary Hospital, Vom, Plateau State.
He attended Saint Peter CMS Primary School, Bukuru, from where he gained admission into Boys’ Secondary School, Gindiri.
He later moved to Dental Technology School, Broad Street, Lagos, gaining admission into the Nigerian Defense Academy, Kaduna shortly after.
