It appears that erstwhile Defence minister, Gen. Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (retd.), who yesterday accused the armed forces of colluding with bandits killing Nigerians, is living in a glass house yet chose to throw stones daming the repercautions. This is in view of allegations that he "leads the militia wreaking killings in Mabilla Plateau and provides cover for them in such atrocious activities".

Speaking on Saturday at the maiden convocation of the Taraba State University in Jalingo, the state capital, Danjuma, a former chief of army staff, said, “The armed forces are not neutral. They collude with the armed bandits to kill people, kill Nigerians.”

The Nigerian Army, in its reaction, described the above statement as most unfortunate, noting that the elder statesman went as far as calling on the people of Taraba state to take up arms and defend themselves. It pointed out that a gallant non-commission officer of the Nigerian Army was beheaded on March 16, 2018 in Takum, Taraba state by criminal elements.

This reaction was contained in a statement issued by the Army spokesman, Texas Chukwu, who pointed out that "the Taraba State Government, did not cooperate with the Nigerian Army due to the Army’s stance to remain absolutely neutral in the herdsmen-farmers crisis. The Nigerian Army will continue to remain as such."

The highly-influential Danjuma is believed to be the godfather of Taraba politics and has the ears of the state government. As Defence minister, he was alleged to have compromised troops to massacre innocent women and children at Zaki Biam, Benue state in 2001.

He has a history of brutality in his heydays as a military officer. As Rudolf Okonkwo wrote, "Captain Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma came into prominence when he led a group of soldiers to abduct the former head of state, Gen. Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and his host, the military governor of Western region, Lieutenant Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi, from government house Ibadan on the night of July 29, 1966.

"Under Danjuma’s orders, Gen. Aguiyi-Ironsi was spat on, slapped, kicked and punched. With Ironsi’s hands tied behind his back with telephone cord, Danjuma’s soldiers crushed his testicles with their military boots. Ironsi was then dragged on the ground from a moving military Range Rover, skin torn by gravels on the road, blood oozed from his mouth, face swelled, bones cracked and body parts dismembered. And finally he was shot several times and his bullet-ridden, mangled body was dumped in a forest near Iwo road. And so saw his host, Fajuyi."

It is ironic that it is man with this kind of history is now claiming moral high ground to accuse troops on Exercise AYEM AKPATUMA of conniving with marauders to kill innocent Nigerians.

A community leader in Taraba state, who did not want his name in print, told TheNigerian, "I didn't trust TY Danjuma. I cannot trust him now. He is an enemy.

"TY Danjuma, a Jukun man, as Minister of Defence coordinated the operation that led to what is Zaki-Biam massacre. He ill-informed President Obasanjo about the true situation.

"Yes, there was crisis in Taraba State between the farming Tiv communities and the Jukuns...and that wasn't the first time but the Nigerian Military had never been directly involved in communal dispute at that magnitude. Never!

"At about the same time, there was, again, a communal dispute between the Tiv people of Moon District in Kwande LGA and Jukuns of Kashimbilah, Takun LGA. Danjuma fueled the crisis by drafting a military detachment to Kashimbilah, a very insignificant border town in Taraba. They came with armoured tanks and all sorts of weapons. The detachment remains to this minute...and the Jukuns had severally used them against us. The military detachment there is now in the hands of fulanis.

"When we (The people of Moon District) petitioned the Federal Government through the Presidential Panel on Right Abuses by the Nigerian Military which recently ended their findings, TY Danjuma's name was mentioned. We presented undisputable facts including the picture of the sub-machine gun our people recovered and handed over to the DPO at Adikpo. The army representatives at the hearing couldn't deny the facts.

"TY Danjuma is directly responsible for the sacking of the Tiv communities in Taraba and parts of Benue. He is an enemy."

Source: https://abacityblog.com/2018/03/how-ty-danjuma-attempted-to-use-military-for-ethnic-cleansing.html

Maybe the man is trying to repent from his past sins. As for the military coup of 1966, atrocities happened on both sides.
Aguiyi Ironsi's death was unfortunate but he was not the only one who died a gruesome death in those difficult times.
It all just goes to show that Nigeria should be allowed to just quietly dissolve itself and let everyone go his own way.

TY doesn't know what he was saying may be he was drunk the time he uttered that statement....





PMB till 2023

The evil Buhari lackeys have started formulating their lies but all we know is that Buhari must go...Next stop is " How TY Danjuma Buried 1 billion dollars in Takin borehole "

Them don come for the man head.Terrorist government!

who didn't know dats their next move??only a fool.They will never disappoint us with our sure predictions..APC always on Nollywood predictable settings.
Dead on arrival!!!

buhari is simply a fool ,lying imbdcileeee and a walking skeleton cum corpse so it has gotten to the level of intimidation ehkwaa fools everywhere ......The zoo must fall

I dont like Danjuma one bit but in the this instance, the messege is far more important than the messanger.

People are dying, herdsmen are slaughtering people daily. This is not a time to dredge up Danjuma's inglorious past. This is the time to find solutions to people being massacred

Danjuma is a cold blooded murderer but his message of self defense against fulani terrorist is timely.

T Y Danjuma should die a misreble death for all the role he has played in Nigeria till date. Amen

But he is right in wat he said. Communities should arm themselves against killer heardsmen

They have let the dogs out, the pay per word BMC's online to tar n paint TY Danjuma with whatever negatives they can find while trying to bury the truth of his recent pronouncements. Mad dogs dem

Dem don come for TY head oh!

Op so you forgo to raise this all this while till today? The past is the past, you were not there neither was I. We are talking of today... You and I are here!

Go kick up more dust dis one is not enough

These idíot BMC zombies are VERY VERY predictable. After scandal, wait for few days to do research in order to tarnish image then if it doesn't work out, link him with some missing billions of dollars Ave threaten him with EFCC. They forgot to say Muhammadu Buhari was one of the major participants of the 1966 counter coup who was involved in killing innocent Igbo military officers but wetin I know ? Predictable dolts

This is the stuff APC govt are known for. Attack and destroy anyone who dares speak ill against them using propaganda. And you wonder why their pathetic govt is so bloody and rudderless.

freeze001:
They have let the dogs out, the pay per word BMC's online to tar n paint TY Danjuma with whatever negatives they can find while trying to bury the truth of his recent pronouncements. Mad dogs dem

Why are u so eager to be used by old useless politicians than are responsible for keeping u in the sorry frustrated state u are

APC government's smear campaign as usual.

HajimeSaito:
Maybe the man is trying to repent from his past sins. As for the military coup of 1966, atrocities happened on both sides.
Aguiyi Ironsi's death was unfortunate but he was not the only one who died a gruesome death in those difficult times.
It all just goes to show that Nigeria should be allowed to just quietly dissolve itself and let everyone go his own way.

Dont mind BMC oooo... it is when someone attacks buhari that they will remember his sins. They did same when OBJ spoke against buhari and now they are doing it against Danjuma... but fear no let them try am against IBB.

Ironsi was a village fool to have allowed himself to killed like a rat. There are many foolish Ndigbo who play this same Ostrich grandstand in the shithole called Nigeria till today.

Of course, this is just a smear attack on TY Danjuma for dearing to say things frankly.


I wanted to say here that reacting by going for a smearing instead of a factual refutal lends further credit to TY's statements.

I however remembered that given what played out before Nigerians (and the rest of the world) the job of creating a believable refutal of TY's statements is so difficult that the challenge may never be taken on

RZArecta2:
These idíot BMC zombies are VERY VERY predictable. After scandal, wait for few days to do research in order to tarnish image then if it doesn't work out, link him with some missing billions of dollars Ave threaten him with EFCC. They forgot to say Muhammadu Buhari was one of the major participants of the 1966 counter coup who was involved in killing innocent Igbo military officers but wetin I know ? Predictable dolts

Right. They neatly tried to remind us all Danjuma savage act. But i guess they completely forgotten that the Buhari played a significant role in the 1966 counter coup. An act that the BMC used to boast of not too long ago.

Danjuma was a murderer no doubt and I honestly believe all that's happening in his land currently is the blood of the innocents he killed coming for revenge. Although I believe that, he has every right to tell them to defend themselves. He has Every right to do.

BMC Danjuma was a demon just like the fulani herdsmen no doubt about that. He already has a special place in hell waiting for him. Try another smear campaign. This one is dead on arrival

DerideGull:
Ironsi was a village fool to have allowed himself to killed like a rat. There are many foolish Ndigbo who play this same Ostrich grandstand in the shithole called Nigeria till today.

My sentiments exactly. After reading the history of Ironsi, i never pitied him. He should have known better. He truly should have known better. I even laugh when people talk about "Hausa/Fulani", northern Muslims, are the blood thirsty and animals lots of the country. The South, northern Christians and middle belt are better off without them blah blah. I bust out laughing hard because it is beyond obvious most southerners are extremely clueless on that shithole's history. For anyone to think the Northern minorities/Middlebelters are different in terms of blood lust is comical to say the least. Based on all I've currently learning the Northern minorities assisted the hausa/fulanis kills against anyone from the south. Never once showing any remorse about it. The only thing now is those they aid and were enjoying kills with aka fulani have turned against them, all of a sudden they realize attacking innocent is not good and they now playing the victims. I find the whole thing hypocrirical to the point it's now comical. Anyway back to what I was saying. Ironsi should have known better. Ironically, the same mistake Ironsi made was exactly what GEJ did. GEJ should be thanking his God he was smart enough to walk away when he had the chance. If the North leaders had no problem promoting boko haram and encouraging the kills of their people just to regain power, only God knows the extent they would have gone if GEJ continued a second term. Only God knows. Dude should be thanking his stars he didn't end up like Ironsi. Both he and Ironsi did the exact same mistake.

blackpanda:


Why are u so eager to be used by old useless politicians than are responsible for keeping u in the sorry frustrated state u are

Takes one to know one...frustrated, wasted oaf!

Op try harder

freeze001:


Takes one to know one...frustrated, wasted oaf!

Ugly wretched bitch!

U dont have monopoly of insults o. Useless cretin

fk002:
TY doesn't know what he was saying may be he was drunk the time he uttered that statement....





PMB till 2023

it was your father who was drunk.. Apc zombie

blackpanda:


Ugly wretched bitch!

U dont have monopoly of insults o. Useless cretin

Taa! Who wants to muck around in the mud with a bottom feeder like you? You started by informing me of ur frustration, why get more stupid when it's reinforced? Go look for ur dirty peers, silly thing.

blackpanda:


Ugly wretched bitch!

U dont have monopoly of insults o. Useless cretin

You're here calling this person wretched. U don't even know whether d person u are insulting is Bill Gate.

Kids everywhere.

sdindan:


You're here calling this person wretched. U don't even know whether d person u are insulting is Bill Gate.

Kids everywhere.

Learn to mind ur business ok. U must not comment on every topic or every issue

TYD is a Soldier for Righteousness Sake.

BMC rats on the prowl