On this day in 1986, Major General Mamman Vatsa, the then Minister of the Federal Capital Territory and a few others were convicted and sentenced to death for the offence of conspiracy to commit treason by a Military Tribunal headed by Major General Charles Ndiomu.

Others who were found guilty alongside Vatsa were as follows:
Lt Col Musa Bitiyong
Lt Col C A Oche
Lt Col A Iyorshe
Sqn Ldr Martin O Luther
Major I Bamidele
Wg Cdr Ben Ekele
Wg Cdr A C Sakaba
Lt Col M Effiong
Cdr A Ogwiji
Sqn Ldr A Ahura
Major D E West
Major T G Akwashiki.