I needed to save the nation - IBB justifies killing his boyhood friend Vatsa

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I needed to save the nation - IBB justifies killing his boyhood friend Vatsa

Former Head of State, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, otherwise called by his initials IBB, has said he was between the devil and the deep blue sea regarding the summary execution of his boyhood friend, Mamman Jiya Vatsa, in 1986. Babangida and Vatsa were not just childhood friends; the former bested the latter at his wedding. The duo also attended the same educational institution, the Government College Bida, and later enrolled in the Niger…

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StatePress NG: ‘I was somewhat depressed’ – IBB opens up on executing childhood friend, Vatsa

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Why My Childhood Friend Mamman Vatsa, 9 Other Coup Plotters Were Summarily Executed - IBB - Global Upfront Newspapers

… I had to choose between saving a friend’s life and the nation’s future – IBB says in his bookAdds: ‘Orka’s coup hit me as a rude surprise’ Nigeria’s former military President General Ibrahim Babangida has given insight into why his boyhood friend and classmate, Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, and nine other top military officers who were implicated in a plot to overthrow his government were summarily executed in March 1986. General Babangida,…