Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma GCON FSS psc (born 9 December 1938) is a Nigerian politician and retired lieutenant general who played a key role in post-independence military and political events in Nigeria.

Takum was mainly a farming community when Danjuma was young, and yams, rice, cassava, and beniseed were largely cultivated by families and clans.

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.

Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi (who was hosting Aguiyi-Ironsi at his residence in Ibadan), from the side of the road, as they were escaping an ambush orchestrated by Danjuma, Mohammed, Dimka, Buhari and others.

Danjuma held them captive in the back of his car and drove off to an isolated area in Oyo state, where he ordered them to get out and shot them in cold blood.

Although Danjuma has denied claims that he was one of the masterminds of the needless coup d'ètat that saw the ruins of Nigeria and the death of over 3.5 million Eastern Nigerians, multiple evidence including a confession from his former aide-de-camp Sani Bello and A.B.

Umaru recall the night of the ordeal in detail during their interview with The Guardian on the transgressions they participated in, remembering vividly sounds of gunshots Danjuma fired that would fatally end the life and reign of General Aguiyi-Ironsi and see the succession of Yakubu Gowon as Head of State of the Republic of Nigeria.

Following his promotion to Colonel in 1971, he spent the next two years with responsibility for court-martialing Army officers proven guilty of corruption and indiscipline.

In 1975, he was promoted to brigadier and the position of General Officer Commanding (GOC), and in the following year he became the Chief of Army Staff to the Head of State, Olusegun Obasanjo.

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He was also widely known to be an avid opponent of President Obasanjo's attempts in 2006 to engineer a way that would enable himself and state governors to serve more than two consecutive terms.

On 16 July 2014, in a speech at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Danjuma told President Jonathan that "Boko Haram insurgents appear to be having the upper hand, as they choose where to strike and capture territory."

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