IBB’s day of reckoning will come, says Vatsa’s family

A member of the Vatsa family likened Babangida’s statement to shedding “crocodile tears” “an after thought”.

Mr. Jonathan Vatsa,a nephew to the late Gen. Vatsa, added that Babangida’s statement is a cock and bull story. He advised him to stop playing on people’s sensibility.

Vatsa said the family was not surpised that Babangida used the occasion of his 70th birthday to retract his earlier acceptance of all his actions during his dictatorial rule, including the execution of Vatsa who was his Best Man, during his wedding.

“How come it is now that he is admitting that the decision to kill his self-admitted friend was the most traumatising moment, when in the past he told the world he had no regret for all his actions.

“Let him stop playing God. Let him go and search his heart and beg for forgiveness from all innocent souls he took. He is now 70, let him know that the judgement day for him is nearer than before,” Vatsa advised the former military leader.

He said the family wondered why it took Babangida 25 years to realise that the late Vatsa was “a friend and brother”. According to him, “when Babangida ordered the execution of Mamman then, it never occured to him that, they were friends with strong family ties. IBB should stop playing people.”

On the claim that the 1976 decree tied the hands of the Armed Forces Ruling Council (AFRC), in approving the death sentence of the former minister, Vatsa said, “whether it is military law or not, a day of reckoning will soon catch up with Babangida. Let him prepare and reconcile with those he has injured, the families he threw into everlasting mourning.

“For us in Vatsa’s family, we cannot be cajoled by his cock and bull traumatising excuse. Mamman (Vatsa) is dead, let all living mortals expect to taste death too,” Vatsa said.

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Amen!

The Smilling Butcher of Minna will eventually answer for his crimes, either here or in the afterlife.

Which one be rooster & bull story again .I think say na c*ock & bull,abi na spambot dey misbehave again

Babangida could have spared the life of his 'friend' Mamman Vasta but he was too power drunk to commute his sentence to jail time.
Ironically, Domkat Bali, who was the most senior of the lot and who could have advised against the execution was too scared and docile to make any impact in the whole saga. CONSCIENCE is what is catching up with Babangida at his old age. He wasted too many innocent souls.

certainly. time heals every thing cuz there is nothing hidden under the sun.

yer oh!!

IBB if truely you loot Nigeria treasury and steal our money as people claim, you shall not know peace and ur unborn generation shall surfer, u shall not xperience peace in your grave and ur surfer continue on the day of resurectionIBB if truely you loot Nigeria treasury and steal our money as people claim, you shall not know peace and ur unborn generation shall surfer, u shall not xperience peace in your grave and ur surfer continue on the day of resurection

Tunyus haba! Why the curse! Only God can judge.

Abacha commuted Diya and Obasanjo's conviction to prison terms.
IBB saying he couldn't do otherwise looks to be in the realm of him being struck by guilty conscience.

In their dreams

IBB if truely you loot Nigeria treasury and steal our money as people claim, you shall not know peace and your unborn generation shall surfer, u shall not xperience peace in your grave and your surfer continue on the day of resurectionIBB if truely you loot Nigeria treasury and steal our money as people claim, you shall not know peace and your unborn generation shall surfer, u shall not xperience peace in your grave and your surfer continue on the day of resurection
y d curse now?
The man is a joker, He ll surely ripe what he has sown

Whatever will do today will become history tomorrow !!

Obasanjo was the one who promulgated the decree that prescribed the firing squad as penalty for treasonable felony, so he could execute Dimka, Bisalla and all others who were implicated in the 1976 abortive coup.

IBB had the power to commute the sentences. Tobias Akwashiki, whose wife (a former actress of the Village Headmaster fame) is now a Senator from Nasarawa State was fist sentenced to death, then had his sentence commuted to life in prison, then given ten years and as IBB was leaving, he set the man free.

So why could he not have saved his bestman for crying out loud, no matter what?

IBB, you will be another Mubarak. I am sure of it, because your sins are many.

stagger:

Obasanjo was the one who promulgated the decree that prescribed the firing squad as penalty for treasonable felony, so he could execute Dimka, Bisalla and all others who were implicated in the 1976 abortive coup.

IBB had the power to commute the sentences. Tobias Akwashiki, whose wife (a former actress of the Village Headmaster fame) is now a Senator from Nasarawa State was fist sentenced to death, then had his sentence commuted to life in prison, then given ten years and as IBB was leaving, he set the man free.

So why could he not have saved his bestman for crying out loud, no matter what?

IBB, you will be another Mubarak. I am sure of it, because your sins are many.

Can we wait for that long? Well better late than never.

stagger:

Obasanjo was the one who promulgated the decree that prescribed the firing squad as penalty for treasonable felony, so he could execute Dimka, Bisalla and all others who were implicated in the 1976 abortive coup.

IBB had the power to commute the sentences. Tobias Akwashiki, whose wife (a former actress of the Village Headmaster fame) is now a Senator from Nasarawa State was fist sentenced to death, then had his sentence commuted to life in prison, then given ten years and as IBB was leaving, he set the man free.

So why could he not have saved his bestman for crying out loud, no matter what?

IBB, you will be another Mubarak. I am sure of it, because your sins are many.

@stagger. you have said it all. but is it true that Mamman Vatsa actually took part in the coup plot? If yes, is he aware of the consequences before embarking on the coup? is all yours to answer.

I do not like IBB slightly, but its sad that you guys (Vatsa' family) are now crying Purple - WHY?

For the record,
- Vatsa was IBB best friend yet he (Vatsa) lead a group to over-throw his best friend.
- Vatsa act is not just against against his best friend but the entire military government headed by IBB.
- Vasta was unsuccessful in his plot and was prosecuted according to the law of the land.

Its sad you people now wanted IBB to had intervaned in the proceedings and soften justice to his "best friend".   Yet many of you will open thread calling for corrupt politicians to be prosecuted.

I will advice members of Vatsa's family to look for ways to be useful in Nigerian society than to keep fanning the hatred on the back of their father.

After-all, apart of their father's memory as a veteran in the Nigerian Army, every other thing we remember him is "a man who ganged up against his "Best" friend who was the head of State then.

Heartless dude!

cold:

Which one be rooster & bull story again  .I think say na c*ock & bull,abi na spambot dey misbehave again

I tire for the bolded ooh

egift:

I do not like IBB slightly, but its sad that you guys (Vatsa' family) are now crying Purple - WHY?

For the record,
- Vatsa was IBB best friend yet he (Vatsa) lead a group to over-throw his best friend.
- Vatsa act is not just against against his best friend but the entire military government headed by IBB.
- Vasta was unsuccessful in his plot and was prosecuted according to the law of the land.

Its sad you people now wanted IBB to had intervaned in the proceedings and soften justice to his "best friend".   Yet many of you will open thread calling for corrupt politicians to be prosecuted.

Thot I was d only one thinkin this

Rubbish, they should not share their family problems in public. When the going was good, they did not share it with us, why now? IBB is a great guy misunderstood and like all of us have made mistakes. Yes, God will judge him, but not the way most of us think. Thank God we are not God.

Merc:

Tunyus haba! Why the curse! Only God can judge.

hw do I curse him, it was a conditional statement
If he is truely part of the looting He will rot in the hottest part of hell fire

Babangida is a very callous being. Whether he had repented or not is another thing entirely. He committed many mistakes.

I thought the retired general has gone under. Too much talking like this will put him into many trouble.he should just hide his face from the public.

cold:

Which one be rooster & bull story again   .I think say na c*ock & bull,abi na spambot dey misbehave again

For your information, Co ck is dead

LOOT BILLIONS OF NAIRA, ENJOY UNQUESTIONABLE FREEDOM AND PRAISES FROM 'IGNORAMUSES' AND SPILL RUBBISH FROM YOUR BUCCAL CAVITY !

STEAL THOUSANDS AND PERISH IN JAIL!

THIS IS NAIJA FOR US!

MILLIONS OF INNOCENT PEOPLE HAVE PERISHED BECAUSE FUNDS FOR BAD ROADS WERE LOOTED, SOMEONE BECAME A CRIMINAL/MILITANT BECAUSE OF CORRUPTION/NO EMPOWERMENT, ETC.

GOD ALMIGHTY WILL MEDIATE FOR WE ARE ALL CITIZENS SHA!

THE GOOD THING IS THAT NO SINNER, POLITICIAN OR COMMONER, SHALL GO UNPUNISHED BY THE KING OF ALL KINGS-ABBA FATHER!

WATCH OUT FOR TIME SHALL INDEED TELL!

Of course it goes without saying, those who sow the wind will reap the whirlwind. It is neither a prayer nor a curse.

I pity naija.

Nemesis will surely catch up wit IBB