25 Facts About Theophilus Danjuma

Theophilus Danjuma was Chief of Army Staff from July 1975 to October 1978.

Theophilus Danjuma was Minister of Defence under President Olusegun Obasanjo's administration.

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

Theophilus Danjuma's father was a hard-working peasant whose ancestors were all highly respected members of the community.

Kuru Theophilus Danjuma was a farmer who traded 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, Theophilus Danjuma enrolled at the Nigerian College of Arts, Science, and Technology in Zaria to study history on a Northern Nigeria scholarship.

However, by the end of 1960, Theophilus Danjuma had left the university to enrol in the Nigerian Army.

Theophilus Danjuma was commissioned into the Nigerian Army as a second lieutenant and platoon commander in the Congo.

Theophilus Danjuma was promoted to the position of captain three years later.

In 1966, Captain Theophilus Danjuma was involved in the counter-coup with the 4th Battalion in Mokola, Ibadan.

Theophilus Danjuma picked up Nigeria's first military head of state General Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi and first military governor of the former Western Region, Lt.

Theophilus 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.

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 Theophilus 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.

Towards the end of the Nigerian Civil War, Theophilus Danjuma led a battalion that freed Jaja Wachuku, first Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives and the first Ambassador to the United Nations and first Foreign Affairs Minister, from detention by the Ojukwu government.

In 1970, Theophilus Danjuma attended the International Court Martial in Trinidad and Tobago as Nigeria's representative, where he was appointed president of the tribunal in a case brought against members of a failed coup attempt in Trinidad and Tobago.

Theophilus Danjuma played a prominent role in supporting the president in resisting the Dimka Coup in 1976.

Theophilus Danjuma made its first on-net test data call in Lagos on Monday, 18 January 2016 and followed this with its first on-net Voice-over-LTE call in Lagos on Thursday, 25 February 2016.

Since 1999, Theophilus Danjuma has played an active role in Nigerian politics; some of his key appointments have been:.

Theophilus Danjuma oversaw the renaming of all Nigerian barracks and cantons from those of civilian or living persons.

Theophilus Danjuma was 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.

Theophilus Danjuma serves as chairman of the Victims' Support Fund Committee, supporting the victims of terror such as the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping.

In December 2008, the TY Theophilus Danjuma Foundation was created in Nigeria.

The TY Theophilus Danjuma Foundation seeks to alleviate poverty in communities by providing basic amenities and education for children and young adults while providing free medical care for indigent people.

The TY Theophilus Danjuma Foundation has partnered with over 50 NGOs throughout Nigeria and with the support and cooperation of 36 state governors.