A former Minister of Defence and Chairman of Victim Support Fund, Theophilus Danjuma, has blamed the leader of the defunct Biafra, the late Chukwuemeka Ojukwu, for the civil war, which resulted in the death of nearly a million Nigerians.
Danjuma said this on Wednesday after President Goodluck Jonathan paid him a private visit in his Asokoro, Abuja residence.
He argued that had the late Ojukwu conceded victory to the federal troops after the fall of Enugu during the civil war in the same manner President Jonathan accepted defeat after the March 28 presidential poll to Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) of the All Progressives Congress, the nation would have been saved “a full year of bloodshed.”
Jonathan visited Danjuma, who is the Chairman of the Victims Support Fund, in company with some of his aides.
The two leaders however met behind closed doors and they did not make the purpose of the parley public.
Danjuma however told journalists at the end of the meeting that the President, by conceding defeat in the March 28 presidential election to Buhari, had set a record.
He said Africa and the world should emulate Jonathan.
He observed that if the late Ojukwu had done the same thing after the fall of Enugu, he would have saved the nation of bloodshed.
He said, “The outcome of the election and the manner in which President Jonathan conceded victory to Buhari, is totally un-African, it is very important in the history of Africa.
“If Ojukwu did the same after the fall of Enugu, if he had conceded victory to the federal troops, he would have saved the nation one full year of bloodshed.
“President Jonathan has set a history, a record as something to be emulated by the rest of Africa and indeed the whole world. It’s an excellent thing he did.”
Jonathan simply thanked Danjuma for his fatherly support during the election.
It will be recalled that the former minister had on March 11 visited Jonathan at the Presidential Villa during which they met behind closed doors inside Jonathan’s official residence.
Danjuma had after the first meeting warned reporters not to speculate the purpose of the visit.
He said having just returned to the country from a foreign trip, he needed to see Jonathan and find out developments in the country.
“Don’t speculate. I came to visit the President and find out how things are going. I have been abroad. I just came back,” he had said.
When asked whether he was ready to support Jonathan’s re-election, Danjuma had said he could not canvass votes for anybody because he does not belong to any political party.
“I don’t canvass (for votes). I am not in any of the political parties. The President is Nigeria’s President,” he simply said.
Danjuma in January drew the ire of some ex-Niger Delta militants, including Alhaji Mujahid Asari Dokubo and Government Ekpemudo (a.k.a Tompolo), when he called for their arrests for threatening war if Jonathan loses the presidential election.
Apart from declaring the former minister persona non grata in the region where Jonathan hails from, the ex-militants also demanded an apology from Danjuma within seven days or face their wrath.
The repentant militant leaders said in a statement issued in Port Harcourt, that Danjuma was among northerners who had become very comfortable in life because of the oil money from Niger Delta. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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ReplyDeleteDanjuma WHY PLATEAU people neva "SUBMIT" to FULANI HERDSMEN after the SLAUTHERING of over 1000 ot Ur kinsmen in B'LADI?
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EL-KATOSKY OR WHAT EVER YOU CALL YOURSELF. LONG TIME NO SEE...I LOTA GO. YOU ARE WELCOME BACK FROM ACROSS THE NIGER. YOU MUST HAVE GONE HIBERNATING AND HAVE NOW RETURNED BACK TO LAGOS. AS ALWAYS YOU ARE IRRATIONALLY PASSIONATE AND THROWING TANTRUMS ON ETHIC AND RELIGIOUS ISSUES, WHICH SHOWS THAT YOU HAVE LEARNED LITTLE OR NOTHING SINCE YOU WENT UNDERGROUND BEFORE THE ELECTION. I DO HOPE YOU HAVE ALREADY SEEN THE FOLLY IN YOUR PREDICTIONS DURING THE RUN-UP TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. WE'LL CONTINUE TO KEEP A TAB ON YOU.
DeleteYou should also tell buhari that too. If he had conceded defeat in 2011, The blood shed that took place would have been averted. Anyway, the difference is clear. May God help Nigeria in this reverse gear she had applied. Now we may never get a vibrant opposition to keep Government on it's toes. This is true not because politicians prefer APC, but because they do not trust the man Holding the axe.
ReplyDeleteWhere went your voice when ojukwu was alive. Clown
ReplyDeleteWhy have your people not surrendered to fulani jihadist ? Oil block money is oozing out from your brain. God will deal with you.
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ReplyDeleteWhat on earth is the correlation between the civil war and the election that we just had to warrant the above comment. I think the retired general is either being mischievous or outrightly silly. Or he is probably gone senile.
ReplyDeleteDanjuma has always been a bloodsucker and one of the ills bedeviling Nigeria all these years. whats the relationship between Ojukwu/Gowon and this election. Danjuma is a bloody liar. thank God his Taraba people are suffering from the Hausa/Fulani for years. He should focus on that problems not his latest stupid words.That statement should have been on June 12. But why should our so called president be paying stupid visit to stupid people. JAY 2, Abuja.
ReplyDeleteNigeria has not experinced CIVIL WAR yet but only fight with ojuku.The Northern part of the country and west did wer not affected.
ReplyDeleteSenility! Wat did u do wen d ball was in ur own court?! GEJ is now your hero, wen u where sabotaging his govt, he was a fool in ur sight den
ReplyDeletedanjuma or what do they call u, pple have replied u very well...and i am happy with the replies. u should also tell ur northern brothers to learn how to accept defeat and they are not born to rule. u should have made the same reference to buhari that if he (buhari) had accepted defeat in 2011 election, the havoc he used boko haram to cause would have averted. i tell u, danjuma, if u did not warn or advice the northern politicians, the north will continue suffer forever in the hands of terrorist and there will be no peace there.
ReplyDeletedanjuma or what do they call u, pple have replied u very well...and i am happy with the replies. u should also tell ur northern brothers to learn how to accept defeat and they are not born to rule. u should have made the same reference to buhari that if he (buhari) had accepted defeat in 2011 election, the havoc he used boko haram to cause would have averted. i tell u, danjuma, if u did not warn or advice the northern politicians, the north will continue suffer forever in the hands of terrorist and there will be no peace there.
ReplyDeleteDon't mind those full that don't go to school, cant even make good sentence just open their mouth to be talking nonsense full for ever don't worry their must live niger delta this time last was abacha but this time no Macy
ReplyDeleteDanjuwoman, your are the biggest fool of your generation even till now. Why would you say that to Buhari in 2011. Is it a crime for an hausa man to accept defeat? When Ojukwu was alive, why didn't open that your bucal cavity to vomit this nonsense? What was your contribution then?
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Theophilus Danjuma murdered Aguiyi Ironsi and Fajuiyi, two peace loving men our our country. Their blood will always be in his hands. He also participated in every military coup in Nigeria in which people's blood was shed unnecessarily. Instead of executing him, he was rewarded with oil wells in the Niger Delta. Danjuma, you may think that you have won, but it shall never be well with you!
ReplyDeleteEkwensu, you are one of the problems Nigeria has, may you suffer the same fate as Nebudchadnezer for mentioning Ojukwu's name. Idiot. thunder fire you well well. ole, barawo, Onye ori.
ReplyDeleteDanjuma or whatever you called yourself, You should go and insult your father that's if you have one. You open you nasty mouth to talk rubbish because they gave you oil block, the dividend you are enjoying for killing General Ironsi, a gentle General who trusted and even promoted you in rank. You blatant thief, you should just go and hide your face in shame. Next time you mention Ojukwu's name in your mouth AMADIOHA the god of thunder will strike you deaf and dumb! It's only in Nigeria you will see a common retired army officer suddenly becomes a billionaire over night and no one ask question! A blatant tribalist like you. Danjuma Vulture will eat your corpse as Ironsi's wife had cursed you two years back!
ReplyDeleteDanjuma or whatever you called yourself, You should go and insult your father that's if you have one. You open you nasty mouth to talk rubbish because they gave you oil block, the dividend you are enjoying for killing General Ironsi, a gentle General who trusted and even promoted you in rank. You blatant thief, you should just go and hide your face in shame. Next time you mention Ojukwu's name in your mouth AMADIOHA the god of thunder will strike you deaf and dumb! It's only in Nigeria you will see a common retired army officer suddenly becomes a billionaire over night and no one ask question! A blatant tribalist like you. Danjuma Vulture will eat your corpse as Ironsi's wife had cursed you two years back!
ReplyDeleteDanjuma or whatever you called yourself, You should go and insult your father that's if you have one. You open you nasty mouth to talk rubbish because they gave you oil block, the dividend you are enjoying for killing General Ironsi, a gentle General who trusted and even promoted you in rank. You blatant thief, you should just go and hide your face in shame. Next time you mention Ojukwu's name in your mouth AMADIOHA the god of thunder will strike you deaf and dumb! It's only in Nigeria you will see a common retired army officer suddenly becomes a billionaire over night and no one ask question! A blatant tribalist like you. Danjuma Vulture will eat your corpse as Ironsi's wife had cursed you two years back! I wish you will see this comment you little imp!
ReplyDeleteEl matosky, how you dey now. Wetin happen wen you abscond from this forum abi you dey mourn brother jona's lost. I beg take am easy o.
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