GENERAL THEOPHILUS YAKUBU DANJUMA @84

Happy nativity day to the people's General!

General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, as history has it, he is one among the people that fought for Nigeria independence.
Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma GCON FSS psc (Rtd) (born 9 December 1938) is a politician and retired Nigerian Army Lieutenant General who played a key role in post independence military and political events in Nigeria. 

Danjuma amassed an enormous fortune through shipping and petroleum.

Danjuma was born in Takum, Taraba State (formally Gongola), Nigeria to Kuru Danjuma and Rufkatu Asibi. Takum was mainly a farming community when Danjuma was young, and yams, rice, cassava, and beniseed were cultivated largely by families and clans in the community. His father was a hardworking peasant whose ancestors were all highly respected members of the community. Kuru Danjuma was a farmer who also traded in metal parts for farming implements and tools.

Theophilus Danjuma started his education at St Bartholomew's Primary School in Wusasa and moved on to the Benue Provincial Secondary School in Katsina-Ala where he was the captain of the school cricket 1st XI team; he received his Higher School Certificate in 1958. In 1959 Danjuma enrolled at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science, and Technology in Zaria (Ahmadu Bello University) to study history on a Northern Nigeria Scholarship. However, by the end of 1960, Danjuma had left the university to enroll in the Nigerian Army.

He was Chief of Army Staff from July 1975 to October 1979. He was also Minister of Defence under President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration.

GOD bless :
The Abonta of Wukari
The Gargbaro of Donga
The Ya'a Kuru kana of Takum 
Age bountifully and gracefully in health. 

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