Tag: danjuma
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Killings: Taraba govt, others reject Army’s report on Danjuma’s allegation
The Taraba State Government and the Jukun Development Association of Nigeria (JDAN) have rejected the “no guilty” verdict of the Gen. John Nimyel’s panel, which investigated Gen. T.Y. Danjuma’s allegations of criminal acts of collusion by the army in the killings of innocent people in the state. In a statement issued yesterday by the Senior…
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Danjuma’s allegations on Taraba killings baseless – Buratai
The Nigerian Army on Friday said allegations against it by retired Gen. T.Y Danjuma that it colluded with the militia in Taraba State and refused to protect the people were untrue. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made this known at a news conference in Abuja where he gave details of the findings…
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Buratai receives Panel Report on Gen Danjuma claims
The Chief of Army Staff, (COAS) Lt Gen Tukur Buratai, yesterday received the report of an army panel set up to investigate the allegations raised by a former Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Theophilus Danjuma, on the killings between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Taraba State. Danjuma had alleged that the military was in…
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Self defence call: We’ll make reports on Danjuma’s allegations public – Buratai
The Nigerian army has promised to make public the findings of the panel it set up to investigate the allegations levelled against it by retired Gen. T.Y. Danjuma. The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, made the promise on Wednesday when the panel led by its President, Maj.-Gen. John Nimyel, submitted its report. Recall…
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Herdsmen: Danjuma right on call for self-defence – Falana
Lawyer cum human rights activist, Femi Falana (SAN) has said the recent advice by the former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (retd) calling on Nigerians to pick up arms for their self defense against killer herdsmen in the country was in order. Falana said the Constitution recognises the right to protect one’s self…
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Self defence: Danjuma’s words show Nigerians have lost confidence in Buhari-led govt – PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party says the call by a former Minister of Defence, Lt. Gen.Theophilus Danjuma(retd.), that Nigerians should defend themselves against killers is a testimony of the “tragic situation which the Muhammadu Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress have dragged the nation into.” Danjuma had, on Saturday at the maiden convocation of the…
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Middle belt group blasts Danjuma, Dogonyaro over claim of Jihad in Nigeria
A political organization in the Middlebelt under the auspices of Middle Belt People’s Progressive Congress (MBPPC) has come hard on the National Christian Elders Forum, NEF, over its recent claim that Jihad has been launched in Nigeria. MBPPC said the claim by the group under the leadership of Solomon Asemota was a deliberate attempt to…