A few hours before General Yakubu Gowon, who was away in Kampala, was toppled from power on July 29 1975, one of the coup plotters, Col Ibrahim Taiwo, who later became the Military Governor of Kwara state, approached Brigadier Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, the General Officer, 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army in his house in Jos, the Plateau state capital.
"Sir, we have decided to take over the Government”. Sir, we don’t want you to do anything but we do not want you to go against us because we are sure that the moment it is announced that you are not with us there will be trouble”.
General Danjuma’s reply was "Make sure there is no bloodshed. Let me make this clear, I will do nothing to stop you, but I will not join you”.
Even as at that time, General Danjuma was a man one could not ignore in the scheme of things. Till today, those in authority either in government, religion or business still cant ignore him. One of the thousand legacies of the Abonta captured above.
Only few Generals in this country command our national attention like General TY.
Happy birthday the people's General.
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