The family of the late General Mamman Vatsa has said that the autobiography of Military President Ibrahim Babangida, which was presented to the public last week, was full of lies and only fit as a reference material for criminals.
“Apples Bite Magazine” reports that Vatsa and Babangida, both Niger State indigenes, were childhood friends and confidants. Babangida, as the then military head of state, executed Vatsa over an allegation of a coup plot that he aimed to attempt to topple his government in 1986.
A Supreme Military Tribunal found Vatsa and other co-conspirators guilty of the coup plot and sentenced him to death by firing squad, a sentence which Vatsa challenged and appealed against.