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TY Danjuma - General in Everything

This Day
2005

Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (rtd), former Chief of Army Staff and immediate past Minister of Defence in the current dispensation, is a Nigerian of all seasons. In or out of government, Danjuma has carved such a niche for himself in public affairs that both admirers and opponents cannot ignore.

Although he said shortly after he resigned his appointment as Minister of Defence that President Olusegun Obasanjo is held hostage by a cabal, many swore that if one existed, Danjuma's name will feature prominently. This is because many recalled that Danjuma was one of the troika, the other was late Gen. Shehu Musa Yar'adua, that held sway during General Obasanjo's tenure as military Head of State between 1976 and 1979. A very lose confidant of the president, a relationship built over the years in the army, he is on the board of several companies in the country.

Given that influence flows from either economic or political power in Nigeria, Danjuma's antecedents put him as an immense man of power any day. Blunt to fault, his views are widely regarded across the length and breath of the nation. His wife, Daisy, is a serving senator of the Federal Republic.

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