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[b]It was alleged that the plot was financed by General Vatsa using the cover of a farming loan to Lt. Col Musa Bitiyong.  General Vatsa denied any intent that monies he had given to Bitiyong were meant for that purpose, but Bitiyong allegedly shared some of it for travel expenses with two other accused officers and was said (at a meeting in Makurdi, which Vatsa did not attend) to have promised to get more from the source when it became obvious that funding a coup in Nigeria would require much more than the 10,000 naira he allegedly had at his disposal  (As of 1985, it was said that a coup would require no less than 50-100,000 naira to implement). 

However, at no point in time did Vatsa actually meet with or discuss coup plotting or financing with anyone-else. Indeed, other than Bitiyong, who had a close relationship with the General, the other alleged key conspirators, I am told, never viewed themselves as working for or on behalf of Vatsa, although for lack of funds, two of them reluctantly accepted using part of the "farm money" for odds and ends.  Sources say, however, that Vatsa maintained to the very end that the money was for farming.  Others allege, however, that after being tortured for two days, Bitiyong implicated Vatsa by making reference to certain private political conversations they had, which Vatsa denied. 

But Vatsa was accused of harboring "bad blood" against his friend and classmate Babangida, dating back to the Buhari regime and possibly earlier.  He was also obliquely accused of reporting Babangida's coup plot to Buhari before he left the country for pilgrimage along with Major General Tunde Idiagbon in August.   Actions he later took as a Minister to accelerate many military applications for certificates of occupancy for land in Abuja, came to be viewed as efforts to buy support among one or two of the plotters.  Then rumors that a civilian had introduced him at a party as Nigeria's next President were even aired.  All of this is of course circumstantial.  But they took him to the stake, which was quite an anti-climax to the career of a brilliant man who (until then, if the government is to be believed) never took part in any coup in Nigeria. 

Indeed, Mamman Vatsa was the first to go on air in Calabar to denounce the Dimka coup and was later the Secretary of the Obada panel that tried Dimka and others in 1976 (see The Dimka's Coup Attempt of February 13, 1976). This little detail may have earned him some latent enmity in certain circles of the Army which later contributed to his death.

http://www.dawodu.com/vatsa.htm[/b]

The man is very cruel & vicious,he institutionalized corruption & crime in our national polity..God is however on the throne watching over the affairs of every life..Whatsoever a man soweth he will surely reap.

mu2sa2:
IBB saw Mamman Vatsa as a rival and held him in deep suspision. When the opportunity came to get rid of Vatsa, IBB never wasted time to frame him up. Vatsa, a visionary poet, tower above lbb in his intellectual ability, hence lbb's fear tinged with jealousy of him.Buhari luckily escaped death in the hands of the evil genius, but got 2 years of house arrest and denied the opportunity to attend his mother's burial- she probably died from the trauma of her son's needless confinement by ibb. lbb is a hyper -vicious man. Many brilliant officers were executed by him in the name of coup-plotting. I remember lbb had an lgala airforce officer named Ekele, reputed at the time to be one of the best fighter pilots in Africa, executed in one of the many spurious allegations of coup plotting concocted to get rid of the officers he saw as obstacle to his dream life presidency. On judgment day I hope he will be able to put up a defence, though God forgives or punishes as He wills.

Urged on by Danjuma and the likes to believe his best friend is a rival....I have learnt o.some so called friends the day they occupy positions I don relocate till their tenure is over.

searchiing4love:
IBB was a great leader unlike the accidental president from OTUOKE who looted the country aground.

my hero still drives u nuts. Sorry go mop the ocean

[quote author=searchiing4love post=41306667]IBB was a great leader unlike the accidental president from OTUOKE who looted the country aground. YOU DESERVE MENTAL CHECK UP THIS CAN NOT COME FROM A SANE BEING

FlirtyKaren:
Pic: IBB Signing Marriage Register As Bestman For Man His Administration Killed

IBB signing the marriage register as Mamman Vatsa's bestman. Vatsa was executed under IBB's administration in 1986

http://www.lailasblog.com/2015/12/photo-ibb-signing-marriage-register-as.html

IBB didn't kill vasta mamman. The truth is until after he left power he realised the politics behind vasta's death. Vasta was killed by a triad. This "triad"...nullified mko abiola's election. The triad comprises senior military officers who were in the military from the north central zone. Remember the Triad was sympathetic to the ousting of Gowon by muritala. The gang killed muritala and told Gowon to come back home. Gowon is from the north central. When dimka announced the overthrow of muritala, it was Vasta that first rebelled challenging dimka from calabar or so. This led to other zones fighting against the coup. Dimka and others were killed.....the group never forgave vasta. when vasta case came up at the SMC...the triad quickly recognised their enemy and pressurised ibb cunningly to kill vasta. This group also silenced MKO and abacha.......their traces still exist today...
TY danjubaba
Jerimamah usenineh....
Lips sealed

ttemmi:
If IBB was bad, why has he never been convicted?

Are they now convicting people for being bad?

mu2sa2:
IBB saw Mamman Vatsa as a rival and held him in deep suspicion. When the opportunity came to get rid of Vatsa, IBB never wasted time to frame him up. Vatsa, a visionary poet, tower above lbb in his intellectual ability, hence lbb's fear tinged with jealousy of him.Buhari luckily escaped death in the hands of the evil genius, but got 2 years house arrest and was denied the opportunity to attend his mother's burial- she probably died from the trauma of her son's needless confinement by ibb. lbb is a hyper -vicious man. Many brilliant officers were executed by him in the name of coup-plotting. I remember lbb had an lgala airforce officer named Ekele, reputed at the time to be one of the best fighter pilots in Africa, executed in one of the many spurious allegations of coup plotting concocted to get rid of the officers he saw as obstacle to his dream life presidency. On judgment day I hope he will be able to put up a defence, though God forgives or punishes as He wills.

Do you remember the "Ejigbo 'arranged' plane accident" that killed about 200 fine officers under IBB?

Thing is: If an intellectual man is at loggerheads with a half illiterate who is handed Power by some chance of fate, that intellectual is in mortal danger.

You wonder why those illiterate policemen are always eager to mow down University students, during any form of even Peaceful protest?
now you know.

Check between OBJ and Fela Ransome Kuti - ...same storyline.



Lastpage!

ElekeNtioba:
Wubbish! If he had succeeded d title would have been ..."IBB Signing the Marriage Register As Bestman For Man Who Overthrew His Administration"


'A friend in power is a friend lost' ~ Henry Adams

You are right bro. Blaise Compaore did it to Thomas Sankara..He was his best friend and his closest colleague in the army.

Bigmarx:
IBB didn't kill vasta mamman. The truth is until after he left power he realised the politics behind vasta's death. Vasta was killed by a triad. This "triad"...nullified mko abiola's election. The triad comprises senior military officers who were in the military from the north central zone. Remember the Triad was sympathetic to the ousting of Gowon by muritala. The gang killed muritala and told Gowon to come back home. Gowon is from the north central. When dimka announced the overthrow of muritala, it was Vasta that first rebelled challenging dimka from calabar or so. This led to other zones fighting against the coup. Dimka and others were killed.....the group never forgave vasta. when vasta case came up at the SMC...the triad quickly recognised their enemy and pressurised ibb cunningly to kill vasta. This group also silenced MKO and abacha.......their traces still exist today...
TY danjubaba
Jerimamah usenineh....
Lips sealed

Interesting!!

so Vasta been wan rebel IBB kpoi-ship?

Searching4love, please do not insult Jonathan. IBB also stole a lot of money. There is no Nigerian leader who did not steal.