Former chief of army staff Yusuf Buratai (retd.), has filed a ₦1 billion defamation suit against another retired senior military officer, Maj. Gen. Danjuma Hamisu Ali-Keffi (retd.), before the Kaduna State High Court.
The suit, filed on January 8, 2026, at the Kaduna Judicial Division of the High Court, accuses Ali-Keffi of making and circulating false, malicious, and defamatory statements linking Gen Buratai to terrorism financing, Boko Haram suspects, and the illegal release and concealment of terror suspects while in office.
The former army Boss through his counsel, A.I. Aliyu and A.M. Hassan of Law plus Consult, is seeking declarations that the statements credited to the defendant and published on several platforms, including Sahara Reporters are defamatory and injurious to his reputation
