Danjuma, a former Chief of Army Staff from 1976-1979, said this on Saturday in a live telecast programme of the 10th anniversary of the Taraba State University, Jalingo.
He also made a grave accusation against the armed forces, saying they were providing cover and defending the killers.
He said: “You must rise to protect yourselves from these people.
“If you depend on the armed forces for protection, you will all die one by one.
“The ethnic cleansing must stop now.
“Otherwise, Somalia will be a child’s play.
“I ask everyone of you to be on the alert and defend your country, defend your territory, defend your state because you have nowhere else to go.
“The armed forces are not neutral.
“They are conniving with the armed bandits that are killing people.”
Danjuma described Taraba State as a miniature Nigeria with beautiful cultures, which the bandits were doing everything to destroy.
Taraba, the home state of the retired general, had witnessed, like the Middle Belt states of Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Nasarawa, clashes between herdsmen and farmers, leading to many deaths.
The Eagle Online
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