5. General Theophilus Danjuma (rtd)
That General Theophilus Danjuma is a power broker in Nigeria is not contestable and it is for obvious reasons.
He is a successful career military officer, strategist, consummate industrialist and one of the leading investors in the nation’s oil industry.
There is no doubt that in the nation’s chequered political history, he is one man that could be said to have seen it all.
Many are sure to agree that it would be impossible to take any major political decision on the future of Nigeria without the contribution of the retired Taraba State-born army officer.
He has participated in virtually every political era in the last five decades. Since the 1966 counter coup, which changed the nation’s power equation and history, Danjuma has remained very prominent in the affairs of the country.