A former Minister of Defence, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) has again asked Nigerians to defend themselves against invaders and murderers who are killing people in various communities across the country.
Danjuma spoke in Takum during an occasion he organised to appreciate his members of staff working within the area.
He decried renewed and intensified killings in communities in Plateau, Benue, Ondo and several other states across the country.
This is the third time Danjuma, who is also a former Chief of Army Staff, is calling on Nigerians, particularly his people of Taraba state, to defend themselves against killings , which he described as genocide.
Addressing a large audience, including the Taraba State governor, Agbu Kefas and other top government functionaries, who attended the occasion, Danjuma noted that the circumstances that made him to call for self-defence in the past had not abated but rather has intensified.
“I once asked you to rise and defend yourselves. I am still repeating it today with more seriousness; rise and defend yourselves.
“The killers have obtained sophisticated arms; we don’t know where they got the arms. “But you people should also seek to get it wherever they get the arms; you must defend yourselves against the killers.
“You should know that they are well armed to kill you and take over your land.
“Be ready for them as they are also humans like you,” he said.
He said, unless the people are prepared to defend themselves against the killers, nobody is ready to save their lives.
Also, speaking at the occasion, Governor Kefas eulogised Danjuma for his developmental strides in Taraba State and prayed God to continue to bless him with sound health.
Kefas noted that the state has benefitted immensely from Danjuma’s philanthropic gestures, particularly in the areas of health care services, road infrastructure and economic empowerment, and holistic development of the state.
