Victor Samuel Leonard Malu (15 Janairu 1947 - 9 Oktoba 2017)[1] DSS mni fwc psc ya kasance babban hafsan sojojin Najeriya (COAS) daga shekara ta 1999 zuwa 2001 kuma ya rike matsayin kwamandan rundunar wanzar da zaman lafiya ta ECOMOG a Laberiya daga 1996 zuwa 1998.[2]
Rayuwar farko da Ilimi
An haifi Malu ne a ranar 15 ga watan Janairun 1947 a Katsina-Ala, Jihar Binuwai ta Jihar Tiv. Ya shiga makarantar horas da sojoji ta Najeriya dake Kaduna a shekarar 1967 a matsayin wani ɓangare na kwas na yau da kullun na 3 kuma an ba shi muƙamin Laftana na biyu da ya kammala karatunsa a 1970.[3] Sauran jami’an da ke cikin kwas na 3 na NDA sun haɗa da Sanata da Brig-Gen. David Mark,[4] Gen. Tunde Ogbeha, Gen. Raji Rasaki, Gen. Chris Garuba, Gen. Abdulkareem Adisa, Brig-Gen. Halilu Akilu, Adm. Mike Akhigbe and Gen. Tunji Olurin.[5]
Daga baya ya halarci kwalejin Command and Staff College, Jaji da Cibiyar Nazarin Siyasa da Dabaru ta ƙasa, Kuru, Jos.[6]
Aikin soja
A lokacin juyin mulkin na watan Fabrairun 1976 lokacin da Janar Olusegun Obasanjo ya karbi mulki, Malu ya kasance babban malami a Makarantar Sojan Najeriya, Zariya. Bayan juyin mulkin, an yi wa Malu tambayoyi har tsawon mako biyu amma aka sake shi.[7]
Malu ya zama babban hafsa horo, hedkwatar sojoji kuma kwamanda, 7 Mechanized Brigade. Ya jagoranci kotun da ta gurfanar da Janar Oladipo Diya da wasu jami’ai da laifin yunƙurin kifar da gwamnatin Sani Abacha a 1997.[6]
Malu ya kasance kwamandan rundunar kiyaye zaman lafiya ta kungiyar ECOWAS ta ECOWAS daga Disamba 1996 zuwa Afrilu 1998 lokacin yakin basasa na farko na Laberiya.[8]
Malu ya burge ƴan ƙasar Laberiya da masu sa ido na ƙasa da ƙasa saboda irin cigaban da suka biyo bayan karbar ragamar mulkin sa.[9]
A watan Maris na 1997 ya iya yin iƙirarin cewa an kawar da Laberiya gaba ɗaya daga nakiyoyin ƙasa. Ya yi kaca-kaca da shugaban ƙasar Laberiya Charles Taylor, wanda a watan Afrilun 1998 ya zarge shi da ƙoƙarin tafiyar da gwamnati mai kama da juna. A dalilin wannan ɓaraka ne aka maye gurbin Malu a matsayin kwamanda.[10]
A cikin wani littafi da ya rubuta daga baya, wanda aka buga a shari’ar Taylor a Hague, an ruwaito Malu ya yi iƙirarin cewa a shekarar 1997 Taylor ya yi safarar makamai da alburusai daga Afirka ta Kudu ta hanyar Monrovia a asirce ba tare da sanar da dakarun wanzar da zaman lafiya na ECOMOG ba.[11]
Babban hafsan soji
An naɗa Malu babban hafsan soji ne a watan Mayun 1999 a farkon gwamnatin shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo kuma an kore shi a watan Afrilun 2001. Daga baya, Malu ya ce ya gargadi shugaban ƙasa Olusegun Obasanjo da ya kiyayi tsoma bakin Amurka a cikin al’amuran ƙasar, yana mai cewa burinsu kawai su cimma muradunsu ne. Ya yi iƙirarin cewa saboda rashin son Amurkawa ne ya sa Obasanjo ya kore shi daga aiki kafin a rattaba hannu kan yarjejeniyar haɗin gwiwa tsakanin sojojin Najeriya da Amurka.[12]
Kyauta da Lambar yabo
An ba shi lambar yabo ta, Force Service Star (FSS) Award, Kyautar Meritorious Service Star (MSS), da Kyautar Distinguished Service Star (DSS).[6]
Bayan aikin soja
A watan Oktoban 2001 an yi zanga-zangar da 'yan ƙabilar Tiv suka yi a Zaki Biam, karamar hukumar Katsina-Ala, jihar Benue. An kashe sojoji 19 da aka tura domin samar da zaman lafiya. A wani mataki na ramuwar gayya, an yi zargin cewa sojojin sun kashe mutane 100.[13][14] Malu ya ce wasu ƴan bindiga ɗauke da makamai sun kutsa cikin gidansa inda suka kashe mutanen gidansa huɗu kafin su ka ƙona gidajen makwabta.[15]
A watan Yuli 2005 Malu ya koka da cewa gwamnati na tsananta masa. Ya ce jami’an tsaron ƙasar sun kwace fasfo ɗinsa ne saboda ya riƙa zuwa birnin Paris akai-akai kuma yana ganawa da mutanen da ba su da wata manufa ga ƙasar. Ya kuma ce an bayyana batan bayanansa na aikin soja kuma ba ya samun adalci kan kudin fansho.[16]
Cece-ku-ce
A watan Janairun 2006 ya haifar da cece-kuce a lokacin da ya yi jawabi a taron kungiyar tuntuba ta Arewa a Kaduna, inda ya ce ya yi nadamar rashin hambarar da gwamnatin Obasanjo a lokacin yana COAS. Mai taimakawa shugaban ƙasa kan hulda da jama’a, Femi Fani-Kayode, ya ce furucin Malu cin amanar ƙasa ne.[17]
Rashin lafiya da Mutuwa
A watan Satumbar 2008 Malu, mai ciwon suga, ya suma, an garzaya da shi asibitin koyarwa na Jami’ar Legas inda aka kwantar da shi a sashin kula da lafiya.[18] Daga baya aka mayar da shi asibiti a Landan, kuma bayan jinyar bugun jini an sallame shi daga asibitin zuwa gidansa na London ta Tsakiya, a cikin watan Afrilu shekara ta 2009.[19]
Malu ya rasu ranar 9 ga watan Oktoba 2017 yana da shekaru 70 a duniya.[20]
Duba kuma
- Kotun Soja ta Victor Malu
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