Disengaged General of the Nigeria Army and former defense minister, Theophilus\u00a0\u00a0 Yakubu Danjuma, yesterday, spat fire by calling on Nigerians to rise and defend themselves against attacks by marauding herdsmen in some parts of the country or continue to suffer\u00a0 casualties<\/p>\n
He said the unnecessary killings, which is akin to an act of ethnic cleansing being perpetrated against the people of Taraba, specifically, and Nigeria, at large, must stop.<\/p>\n
An obviously and visibly angry Danjuma also lampooned the military authorities by slapping the institution with the accusation that it is complicit in the violent incidents by providing protection for the killers. \u201cThis ethnic cleansing must stop in Taraba, and it must stop in Nigeria. These killers have been protected by the military; they cover them and you must be watchful to guide and protect yourselves because you have no other place to go\u201d. Speaking\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 at the maiden convocation ceremony of Taraba State University in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital,\u00a0 Danjuma,\u00a0 who received the award of honorary\u00a0\u00a0 Doctor of Science from the University, lamented that in spite of the cultural diversity in the state, which was supposed to be used as a tool to bring unity among the people, there were armed bandits who come into the state to connive with the military to kill people and cause ethnic cleansing.<\/p>\n
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