Former
Chief of Army staff and former Minister of defense, General Theophilus Danjuma
today pointed out that the Nigerian civil war which happened between 1967 and
1970 that led to millions of deaths would have been averted if former Biafran
warlord, Chukwuemeka Ojukwu had behaved in the manner of President Goodluck
Jonathan by conceding defeat.
Danjuma who spoke shortly after a closed door meeting with President Jonathan
at the former minister’s residence in Asokoro, according to Vanguard, said
President Jonathan has set a record in the history of the country by conceding
defeat.
“The outcome of the election and the manner at which
President Jonathan conceded victory to Buhari, is totally un-African, it is
very important in the history of Africa”.
Vanguard quoting the former Chief of Army staff said if
Ojukwu had conceded defeat after the fall of Enugu, he would have saved the
nation one full year of bloodshed.
“President Jonathan has set a history, a record as
something to be emulated by the rest of Africa and indeed the whole world. It’s
an excellent thing he did.”
Reports say the meeting with Danjuma was part of
Jonathan’s preparations to hand-over power to President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari
on May 29. He had on Friday met with Buhari.
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