The Mamman Vatsa Conspiracy Trial of 1985/1986 | How Babangida killed His Best Friend | скачать в хорошем качестве

The Mamman Vatsa Conspiracy Trial of 1985/1986 | How Babangida killed His Best Friend |

General Babangida justified the execution of General Vatsa and others in 1986 in an interview with THIS DAY Newspapers shortly after he turned 60, saying that after Vatsa's coup was foiled, he realised his childhood friend and classmate planned the coup in line with a deep-seated personal rivalry dating back to their days as young officers. Babangida claimed that he and Vatsa had been tremendous competitors unintentionally; that as a young officer, everything he did, Vatsa did as well, and whatever Vatsa attained, he pursued as well. Lieutenant-General Theophilus Y. Danjuma, Babangida claimed, pointed this out to him in their military records. Ibrahim Babangida gave this rationalisation to justify why he could not pardon Vatsa. He said when he first heard his childhood friend was planning a coup, he decided to do nothing but monitor him. Babangida then instructed that Vatsa be arrested and detained so as not to allow him to impede the investigation. However, the Minna-born retired general said while he was watching the video of Vatsa’s execution, he turned his eyes away when he saw him remove his watch and asked a soldier to give it to his wife. The former Head of State further said he couldn't continue watching. According to Babangida, he couldn't retire or imprison Vatsa because he believed the army officer could still have planned a coup either in retirement or in prison. Adding that Mamman Vatsa was very stubborn. #HistoryVille Article Source: https://dawodu.com/vatsa.htm Join this channel to become a member: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille/... Get Ayomide Akinbode's latest historical novels on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ayomide-Akinbo... Subscribe to HistoryVille: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille?... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:   / thehistoryville   Instagram:   / historyville   Twitter:   / historyville   LinkedIn:   / historyville   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For interesting historical articles visit: https://www.thehistoryville.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 05:40 Background 09:54 Coup Rumours 13:30 Why were Vatsa and the others executed? 15:13 Babangida’s Reason for Executing Vatsa 16:55 The Long-Term Effects of the Vatsa Conspiracy Trials 20:45 Next Video (Why the April 22, 1990, Gideon Orkar Coup Failed)