Former Minister of Defence, Lt.-Gen. Theophilus Danjuma (rtd) says Nigeria is being overrun by foreign invaders while government shows a lack of willingness to tackle the marauders.
He said that this has turned all Nigerians into “sitting ducks” to be picked off by the heavily armed criminal elements.
Danjuma said this at the installation of a monarch in Wukari, Taraba State on Saturday, TheCable reports.
The retired army general recalled his 2018 assertion that the armed forces were colluding with criminals to attack Nigerians.
He had said at the time that the armed forces were not neutral but were facilitating the movement of the criminals and covering them in their bid to kill Nigerians.
Danjuma said that although the military made light of his assertion, he has been vindicated by the security challenges in the country since then.
“When some few years ago I warned that the armed forces are either not capable or unwilling to protect us and that we must defend ourselves, the first denial about what I said came from the ministry of defence.
“They said I was lying and they set up a kangaroo board of inquiry to investigate the truth or otherwise of what I said.
“They invited me to come and testify but I did not go. They wrote their report which state that I was only speculating and that there was no evidence. But now there is evidence.
“The whole country now is being overrun and one very clear thing that is happening now is that these foreign invaders are destroying everything and our government allowed them to come into the country.
“As a soldier, my training teaches me that the best defence attacks. Right now we are all sitting ducks and these people are armed to the teeth with weapons of mass destruction.
“They are trying to recolonise us and take over our land. This country with the largest population of black men is being brought to ruin by absolutely useless criminals.
“My prayer is that God Almighty that has given us this land would give us the courage to face up to our enemies, locate where they are and root them out; driving them out of the country otherwise Nigeria is finished.”