The family of late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) General Mamman Jiya Vatsa executed over an alleged coup plot in 1986 has called
The people of Vatsa community in Lapai local council of Niger State have called on President Muhammadu Buhari to use the June 12, 2021, Democracy Day celebration to grant Late General Mamman.
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Mon Mar 08 2021
The President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government has been urged to grant state pardon to the late General Mamman Jiya Vatsa who was executed for coup plotting in 1986.
Gen Vatsa who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and member of the Supreme Military Council was also an accomplished poet.
He was executed by the military regime of Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida on March 5, 1986, following a military tribunal conviction for treason.
The family made the appeal at the weekend in Minna, Niger State, home state of both Gen Vatsa and Gen Babangida, as they marked the 35th anniversary of his death.
35 years after his execution in an alleged coup plot in 1986, the family of late General Mamman Jiya Vatsa has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant him a state pardon.