In the mosaic of Nigeria's modern history, few figures cast as long a shadow as Lieutenant General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma (Rtd) GCON. His journey from a modest Takum farm to the apex of military command, corporate boardrooms, and political corridors is a tale of one man’s intimate entanglement with the fate of a nation. At 87, he stands not merely as an elder statesman, but as a living archive. As former Senate President Bukola Saraki observed in a birthday tribute, Danjuma "speaks with the authority of a man who has seen it all". His influence, forged in the furnace of war and consolidated in the marketplace of power, has earned him both reverence and reproach. This is the story of TY Danjuma: the soldier, the businessman, the politician, and the patriarch who, for better or worse, helped shape modern Nigeria. Part 1 : From Takum to the Barracks: The Making of a Soldier Born on 9 December 1938 in Takum, Taraba State, Theophilus Ya...
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