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Romance / Re: Sex Addict Who Had Sex With 100 Men (Photos) by ashala(m): 4:48am On Nov 11, 2017
feyimen:
am just imagining how her workshop go look like now..

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Sports / Re: Algeria Vs Nigeria: FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifiers 1 - 1 (Full Time) by ashala(m): 9:45pm On Nov 10, 2017
hollandis:
Even though Kelechi was offside he could not even score that goal .Oti pari

Otu Oshi

This girl you too like otu
Family / Re: What Led To The Greatest Flogging You Received As A Kid?? by ashala(m): 8:00pm On Nov 05, 2017
At age 12 in our Kitchen then, I rolled a blunt (ordinary paper ooo), lighted it and took a drag and happily expelled the smoke in the air, feeling Fly like Snoop Dog lol. At that moment my Dad walked in. I immediately withheld some of the smoke in my mouth. Daddy shouted my name in great disbelief and I couldn't help emitting smoke from my mouth like a Dragon as I tried to answer. Hmmm, that day eh, I was thoroughly flogged to the extent that my face developed contours. Infact at some point during my ordeal, I pretended as if I had fainted thinking my Dad will stop, but for where. The Whipping still rained down on me. Omo, I had to get up quick oooo. The next day in School, I lied dat that I had accident.

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Crime / Re: Members Of Icelanders And Deywell Cults Arrested In Rivers (Photos) by ashala(m): 4:14pm On Nov 01, 2017
kirajustice:
Below is a statement from the Rivers state police command obtained by PoliticsNGR;

The Rivers State Police Command in its determination to rid the State of all manner of criminal elements in the Command recorded the following achievements as shown below.

Men of the CP’s Crack Squad in a covert Operation led by the Commander, CSP Ademola Adebayo on the 12th and 21st day of October arrested the following persons namely;

1. Thank god Monday ‘m’ 22yrs
2. Olawremaju Oguns ‘m’ 43yrs
3. Saviour Daniel ‘m’ 22yrs
4. Okechukwu Ndubueze ‘m’ 23yrs
5. Neeka Abel ‘m’ 20yrs
6. Edwin Udoh ‘m’ 72yrs
7. Chigozie Nwadike ‘m’ 26yrs
8. Prince Ukpai ‘m’ 24yrs
9. Obasi Ikechukwu ‘m’ 20yrs
10 Patrick Jaja ‘m’ 30yrs

They are members of the notorious Icelanders and Deywell cult groups who in recent time have been locked in a war of supremacy, killing and beheading their victims. One locally made double barrel and some cartridges were recovered from them.

These suspected kidnappers were arrested on 31/8/17 at about 2300hrs by Men of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit led by the Commander, SP Edward Shadare. They are arrested in connection with the kidnap of Late Chief Abbot Ogbubola who was kidnapped on 26/6/2017 from his house at Ihuaba in Ahoada East LGA of Rivers State. He was taken away through the waterways to a creek in Degema where he died and was buried in Mamakri creek. The suspects confessed and took the Police to the place where he was exhumed and deposited in the mortuary. Efforts are on to arrest other gang members. The suspects arrested are;

1. Daniel Thankgod ‘m’ 26yrs 
2. Kelechi Simeon ‘m’ 25yrs
3. David Ogems ‘m’ 25yrs
Exhibits recovered include; one AK 47 riffle, two locally made pistols, two live cartridges and 30 rounds of live Ammunition.

Men of the Anti-Cultism Unit acting on credible intelligence arrested the following persons as shown above. They are;
1. Johnson Ohio ‘m’ 19yrs
2. Amadi Thankgod ‘m’ 19yrs
3. Nwoka Yemezie ‘m’ 29yrs
4. Alfred Didi ‘m’ 18yrs
5. Christian Augustine ‘m’ 20yrs
6. Maxwell Amadi ‘m’ 17yrs
7. Temple Innocent ‘m’ 24yrs
8. ChrisJerry Chidiebere ‘m’ 19yrs
9. Victoria Eyinnda ‘f’ 18yrs
10 Lawrence Promise ‘m’ 29yrs

They were arrested at different times in connection with the cases of Car Snatching, Armed Robbery and Cultism. The suspects are said to be members of a syndicate responsible for Car Snatching within the Port Harcourt Metropolis. They have also confessed to being involved in several cult related killings in the State. Exhibits recovered from them include; 8 Single Barrel guns, 2 locally made Pistols, 3 Magazines, Armored Cables/pipes, 236 rounds of life Ammunition.

The trio of Michael Ahamefuna ‘m’ 26yrs, Chikezie Bright ‘m’ 27yrs and Mmesu Daniel are members of a notorious Car Snatching syndicate who were arrested by Men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad led by the Commander, CSP Akin Fakorede in connection with the case of Car Snatching of the above Lexus jeep with Reg. No. LSR 927 DY which was Snatched in Benin Edo State and arrested in Port Harcourt. They have made useful confessions and efforts are on to burst the syndicate and arrest other members of the gang at large. The said Snatched Car has been recovered.

The above is a picture of suspected armed robbers who were arrested by Men of the Special Anti Robbery Squad at different times in the State. They have confessed to have carried out different robbery Operations in the State and its environs. They also confessed to belong to the criminal gang Operating along the Elele/ Omerelu/ Owerri Road. They are:

1. John Elvis ‘m’ 32yrs
2. Sunday Edidia ‘m 33yrs
3. Kingsley Ofumata ‘m’ 30yrs
4. Loveday Obi ‘m’ 33yrs
5. Obiora Ikezie ‘m’ 29yrs
6. Awolowo Alfred ‘m’ 21yrs
7. Chukwudi John ‘m’’ 22yrs
8. Kingsley Matthew ‘m’ 29 yrs
9. Iniobong Gift ‘m’ 20yrs
10 Godswill Godknows ‘m’ 27yrs

The suspects are helping the Police in our Investigation. Exhibits recovered from them include: 

1. Instruments of house breaking
2. 9 Pistols
3. 1 AK 47 Riffle
4. 1 Pump Action
5. 5 Cartridges 
6. 3 Magazines
7. Charms 
8. Cutter
9. 200 rounds of live Ammunition.

The Commissioner of Police, CP Zaki M. Ahmed hereby assures the people of the State that the Command will spare no efforts in dealing with all criminal elements in the State as the State will be inhabitable for them. He, therefore, appeals to the good people of the State to continue to show understanding and support the Police in our bid to fight crime and criminality in the State. He has also put in place adequate security measures that will ensure that the Ember Months leading to Christmas will be crime free.

https://politicsngr.com/2017/11/01/cult-war-members-icelanders-deywell-cults-arrested-rivers-photos/


Devils that find joy in cutting their fellow human's head
Family / Re: Bukola Ogundolie-Olowookere, Staff Of Ecobank Missing (Photo) by ashala(m): 3:53pm On Nov 01, 2017
Please any news on this?. Has she been found

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Celebrities / Re: Sharon Ezeamaka: I Am A Feminist, I Don’t Have Time For Men by ashala(m): 7:16pm On Oct 30, 2017
Jointhemiltons2:
Mtchew who even get ur time sef. Na ur type go dey gv men wahala for relationship. If en reach sex na ur type go lie down like log of wood.

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Crime / Re: She Was Been Raped And Kept Inside The Freezer.. (Graphic Photos) by ashala(m): 7:47pm On Oct 21, 2017
johnnyn1:
Graphic Photo

Na wah ooo
Politics / Exactly Today October 19th 1986 The Infamous Letter Bomb Was Delivered Dele Giwa by ashala(m): 2:59pm On Oct 19, 2017
Exactly today October 19th 1986 the infamous letter bomb was delivered at Dele's home at No. 25, Talabi crescent, Off Talabi street, Adeniyi Jones Avenue Ikeja Lagos. Colonel Halilu Akilu of the directorate of military intelligence has spoken to Dele Giwa earlier, asking for directions to his house so as to pay him a visit on his way to Ikeja airport having been slated to travel to Kano and also giving him a tip as regards a parcel from the commander-in-chief most likely an invitation to some official events. Remember he had also told Dele not to worry about the allegations against him which led to the interrogation by the DMI and SSS on the 16th and 17th October respectively. Dele's Son Billy was the immediate recipient of the parcel which bore the seal of the Presidency, and was marked TO BE OPENED BY THE ADDRESSEE ONLY. "This must be from the Presidency" Giwa said with a smile as he collected the package from his son and the rest became history. Killers of Dele Giwa are seemingly so powerful that they frustrated all efforts to investigate his death. Let me prick your conscience with one frustrated effort. One Herbert Tunde Dare a senior police officer with the special branch was assigned to the investigation. Soon after he began work with his accustomed energy and commitment, he was transferred to Kaduna from Lagos. He visited Lagos to file a preliminary report on his investigations and in attempt to return to Kaduna by Air, he was given another assignment on the eleventh hour that warranted his returning by road. Announcing his death, the police said he had lost control of his car while trying to overtake another vehicle. He had died instantly. The wreck of the car he was allegedly driving was never seen till date. 31 years later, the perpetrators of this dastardly act against Dele, his family, relatives, friends and all who are touched by his story appears to have gone scorch free. But in as much as Dele lies in the grave lifeless, they will remain restless till they become useless in the dust! Permit me to end this submission with one of my favorite quotes of all time as put forward by the late Dele Giwa 2 yrs before his death, precisely on 30th August 1984 "NO EVIL DEED WILL GO UNPUNISHED, ANY EVIL DONE BY MAN TO MAN WILL BE REDRESSED, IF NOT NOW, THEN CERTAINLY LATER, IF NOT BY MAN, THEN CERTAINLY BY GOD, FOR THE VICTORY OF EVIL OVER GOOD CAN ONLY BE TEMPORARY"

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Romance / Re: Help Me I'm In Love With Him!!! by ashala(m): 2:35pm On Oct 15, 2017
IamAirforce1:
You don't deserve a reasonable reply with that pic up your profile ..

What are you saying? She ain't looking bad
Politics / Babangida And Vatsa: A Tale Of Friendship And Betrayal by ashala(m): 3:02pm On Oct 12, 2017
On December 23, 1985, the Vatsa family had just concluded plans to travel to Calabar because, usually, they spent the yuletide in the Cross River State capital, (Sufiya is Efik), the Id-el-Fitri in Minna, Niger State (Vatsa is Nupe) and the Id-el Kabir in Kaduna. After the necessary packing for the trip, the family waited for the return of General Vatsa from the Armed Forces Ruling Council, (AFRC), meeting he had attended. He returned home late, so the trip was postponed till the following day. At about 12 midnight, while Sufiya was watching a movie in her bedroom, her husband, who was working in his study, rushed in to tell her that IBB had sent for him. The wife protested that it was too late in the night and that Vatsa should phone his boss to shift the meeting to the following morning.
As this debate was going on, Lt. Col. U.K. Bello led a team of soldiers to Vatsa’s home at Rumens Street, Ikoyi, Lagos. The soldiers, who came with armored vehicles and military vans, surrounded the house. Vatsa told his wife who was upstairs to peep through the window. Unable to contain her fear, she rushed downstairs and insisted that if the soldiers would take away her husband, then she had to follow them. Sufiya insisted on driving Vatsa in her own Pengeot 404. At this point, Vatsa directed that the children be woken up, and he kissed them one after the other. Haruna, the first son, who was in the Nigeria Military School, Zaria, followed them downstairs, weeping. While UK Bello drove in the fore of the convoy, Sufiya and Vatsa were chauffeur-driven in their own car in what later turned out to be a merry-go-round about Lagos till about 2 a.m when they stopped at 7 Cameron Road, Ikoyi. Vatsa was ordered out of the car. As he made to enter the building, Sufiya ran after him but she was rudely pulled back by the soldiers. The General turned and gave his wife a bear hug, an embrace that was their last. He urged his wife to take care of their children, Haruna, Fatima, Jibrin and Aisha.
Sufiya returned home dejected. To her shock, the military authorities had withdrawn the official domestic staff. At 5a.m, she prepared breakfast of fried yam and pawpaw, drove to her husband’s detention centre but was told she could not bring in any food.
Another surprise awaited Vatsa’s wife. A soldier came in and said: “Madam, Oga’s wife, Mrs Mariam Babangida, said I should carry General Vatsa’s telephone handset to her.” Fatima, Vatsa’s daughter, clung to the gadget. A struggle ensued between the 15-year-old girl and the soldier, whose muscles bulged like the biceps of Michaelangelo’s statues. Sufiya asked her daughter to let go of the probably bugged set.
Worse still, some gruff, fierce-looking soldiers, led by Vatsa’s former Aide-de-Camp (ADC), Captain Maku, an intelligence officer of Idoma extraction, had led other soldiers in laying siege to the family’s house. “Madam, no visitors, no phone calls, no going out,” Maku snapped as he reclined on a settee in the living room, an improvised toothpick, peeping out of a corner of his mouth. When Sufiya protested that the family needed to buy foodstuff, Maku, whose friendly disposition when he was Vatsa’s batman had changed, commanded that the woman and her children “must manage.”
After three days of captivity, Sufiya could not endure it any longer. She told Maku: “Look, I am going to the market. If you refuse me, it means between you and I, somebody will die. I will show you I am a soldier’s wife.” She took her car, and without bothering about the soldiers, who cocked their guns menacingly at her, rammed it into the gate, which gave way as the soldiers scattered capriciously in different directions. She got to Falomo, bought bread and eggs, and decided to see one of her husband’s friends, General Gado Nasko. Before the visit to Nasko, however, Sufiya had driven home and, since her daughter was, coincidentally, at the gate, had dropped the food and driven to the Naskos.
Sufiya’s mission was to ask Nasko to fix a meeting between her and IBB to find a way to settle the matter. Although soldiers at Nasko’s house gave her the cold shoulder, her persistence worked.
Nasko, who said he was aware of the problem and would try to arrange the meeting, asked Sufiya to see him in the evening. Her hope soared. The reason was the special relationship between her family and IBB’s. “When we got married,” Sufiya was reported as saying, “I thought IBB and my husband were of the same family. The two wore the same size of dress and pair of shoes. IBB would drop his dirty wears in our house and put on my husband’s. When IBB traveled out, for a further military training my husband took care of Mariam and her children. General Vatsa, apart from mounting the horse when IBB married Mariam, bought their first set of furniture from Leventis on hire purchase. IBB was also my husband’s best man during our wedding. Whenever Maryam’s Mercedez car broke down, she used to drive my Peugeot 404. We were close.”
Another disappointment awaited Sufiya when she returned to her Rumen’s Street residence, Ikoyi. A soldier from Bonny Camp was waiting for her with an order that the family should vacate the house. Another military officer said the car should be taken to Army Headquarters for security check after which they broke into the car’s glove compartment and confiscated Vatsa’s manuscripts. In frustration, Sufiya hired a trailer and moved the family’s belongings to Kaduna. She and Fatima, however, returned and stayed in Nwakana Okoro, her brother-in-law’s house at Queen’s Drive, Ikoyi. When the military authorities bugged Okoro’s telephone, the lawyer, a Senior Advocate, of Nigeria, became jittery.
All attempts by Sufiya to see her husband were frustrated by the military authorities. It was only Fatima’s trick that worked a bit. Posing as a lawyer, she would follow other counsels into Vatsa’s detention centre and trial venue. Vatsa, however, sent Sufiya a note from Kirikiri, saying: “Do not beg Babangida. He is after my life. Take care of the children. I know it is not easy but God will help you.”
When he was to be executed, Vatsa requested that his wrist watch and wedding ring be given to Sufiya. “But by the time they brought the watch and the wedding ring, the ring wasn’t my wedding ring, so I rejected it. “Till today, they have not returned the ring to me,” Sufiya was quoted by a family source.
Sufiya was, therefore, left in the cold, without any wealth to fall back on. Vatsa had only one plot of land in Abuja, but it was taken over by the late despot, General Sani Abacha. At a point, Sufiya approached General Jeremiah Useni, one-time Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, in a bid to reclaim the land. Useni called for the file and told Vatsa’s wife to pay for the land rent. She, however, complained to Useni: “When my husband was a minister in FCT, he refused to allocate land to me, his wife. He said it would be immoral for him to give me land. He said his successor would give me.” Useni looked the other way while Sufiya and her family were deprived of the land.
Not all of Vatsa’s friends abandoned the family, however. “One of his friends came to our aid.” Sufiya once said. “Every other person that was dining and wining with my husband immediately switched over to IBB. Even my children today are not identified with.”
To keep body, soul and the family together, Sufiya, of Efik descent, would travel to Calabar, in Cross River State, and bring food from her people to take care of her children in Kaduna where she has vowed to remain. Apart from buying and selling, Sufiya used to engage in poultry and cattle rearing. In fact, she injected life into her Sava Farm, which she set up in 1971 after the civil war. But robbers ruined the business.
Sufiya believed her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed. She once lamented to her husband’s family:” It is painful that my husband was executed as a coup plotter even wen he was not. And till this moment, we we don’t know where he was buried. That Gen. Domkat Bali interview published in TheNews magazine is one of the good things God has done to us in the Vatsa family. Before, some people did not believe that Vatsa was not a coup plotter; but Bali’s confession explained it all. They should release the corpse of my husband to me so that he can be given a befitting burial. That is my prayer.”
It was for this reason that Sufiya wrote a letter, dated June 15, 2006, to President Olusegun Obasanjo, where she stated: “Although there was no iota of evidence linking my husband with the phantom coup, he was convicted and sentenced to death by the Special Military Tribunal which purportedly tried him and other coup suspects. My husband’s appeal to the Armed Forces Ruling Council against his illegal conviction was yet to be considered when the Head of State, General Babangida had him secretly executed along with the other coup convicts.”
She claimed in the letter that Bali confirmed her husband’s innocence in TheNEWS’ interview when he said: ‘“My regret is that up till now, I am not sure whether Vatsa ought to have been killed because whatever evidence they amassed against him was weak. My only regret is that I could not say, don’t do it. I am not so sure whether we were right to have killed Vatsa.” Sufiya, therefore, requested the Obasanjo administration to prosecute General Babangida for “the murder of my husband, General Vatsa.”
Born on 3 December 1940, Major General Mamman Vatsa attended the Government Secondary School, Bida, Niger State. He enlisted in the Nigerian Army on 10 December 1962 and was trained at the Nigerian Military Training College, Kaduna and the India Military Academy. Vatsa was in charge of the 21 Battalion during the Nigerian Civil War, after which he became an instructor at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna. Apart from his position as Principal Staff Officer at Army Headquarters, he commanded the 30 infantry Brigade (Ogoja) until July 1975. As the Commander of the Brigade of Guards, a post he held until 1979, Vatsa oversaw the movement of its headquarters from Dodan Barracks to Kofo Abayomi Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
One proof of his loyalty to his Commander-in-Chief was when, as Commander, Brigade of Guards, Calabar, he was the first to go on air to kick against the 13 February 1976 coup, led by Lt. Col Buka Dimka. During the trial of suspects involved in that coup, he was the Tribunal Secretary. Thereafter, he was appointed the Commander, Brigade of Guards under General Olusegun Obasanjo. Mrs. Vatsa once revealed: “My husband drove General Obasanjo to his Ota farm after he handed over power to the civilians in 1979.”
As Nowa Omoigui wrote, Vatsa was Commandant of the Nigerian Army School of Infantry (NASI) from 1979. “He, along with Lt. Col Bitiyong, developed the Special Warfare Wing and established the doctrinal basis for the establishment of the 82nd Composite Division of the Nigerian Army in Enugu. In fact, it was Vatsa who suggested that the Division be called the “82nd Division” – after the 82nd West African Division, Burma.”
As an accomplished poet and writer, Vatsa was able to publish eight poetry collections for adults and 11 for younger ones. Some of his book titles are Back Again At Watergate (1982), Reach For The Skies (1984), and Verses for Nigerian State Capitals (1973). His pidgin poetry collection is Tori for Geti Bow Leg (1981). His pictorial books are Bikin Suna and Stinger the Scorpion.
His literary interests transcended merely reeling out volumes of verse. He organized writing workshops for soldiers and their families, assisted the Children’s Literature Association with funds, as well as allocating a piece of land in Abuja for a writers village for the Association of Nigerian Authors. Vatsa was so pre-occupied with creativity that he always carried jotters to the toilet, dining table and the bedroom. There were books strewn around in the family’s apartment so much that, Sufiya once threatened to “throw these books out.”
Vatsa’s journey to the great beyond started on 17 December 1985 when the military authorities arrested over 100 officers from the Army, Navy and the Air Force. Vatsa was picked up seven days later. They were, for two weeks, investigated by the Brigadier-General Sani Sami-led Preliminary Special Investigation Panel. After this, 17 of them were dragged before a Special Military Tribunal, set up by Bali, at the Defence Minister, at the Brigade of Guards Headquarters, Lagos. The accused officers were Lt.-Cols. Musa Bitiyong, Christian A. Oche, Micheal A Iyorshe, M. Effiong; Majors D.I Bamidele, D.E. West, J.O Onyeke and Tobias G Akwashiki. Others were Captain G.I L Sese, Lt. K.G. Dakpa, Commodore A.A. Ogwiji, Wing Commanders B.E. Ekele, Adamu Sakaba; Squadron Leaders Martin Luther, C. Ode and A Ahura.
The tribunal, chaired by Major General Ndiomu, tried the officers under the Treason and Other Offences (Special Military Tribunal) Decree 1 of 1986. Other members of the tribunal were Brigadier Yerima Yohanna Kure, Commodore Murtala Nyako, Col. Rufus Kupolati, Col E. Opaleye, and Lt. Col. D. Muhammed. Alhaji Mamman Nassarawa, a commissioner of police and Major A Kejawa, the Judge Advocate, were also members. The IBB regime accused Vatsa of trying to overthrow it by hiding behind a farming loan to Lt-Col Bitiyong, a charge which the general denied.
As Nowa Omogui, a military analyst explains in his essay, ''The Vatsa Conspiracy'', Bitiyong was allegedly tortured to implicate Vatsa “by making reference to certain private political conversations they had, which Vatsa denied.”
There were further allegations that Luther, Oche, Ogwiji and Bitiyong held a meeting at the Lagos Sheraton Hotel and Towers in November 1985. Iyorchie, Bitiyong, Oche, Ekele, Sakaba and Bamidele also allegedly met in Makurdi. Allegations such as the diversion of the presidential jet to a pre-arranged location by pilots in the executive fleet (Luther and Ahura), as Omogui put it, were floated. Oche allegedly held a meeting with Major Akwashiki, Commander of the 6th Battalion, Bonny Camp, and Onyeke, after a game of squash in Lagos and spoke about the International Monetary Fund (IMF) loan. Akwashiki was sentenced to death, but this was commuted to life imprisonment. He was however released 10 years later by the Abacha regime.
Oche, it was also alleged, mentioned the plot to his nephew, Peter Odoba, a young lieutenant of the Brigade of Guards who, as Omogui wrote, informed then Lt. Hamza al-Mustapha, an intelligence officer to the Chief of Army Staff. Obada was charged with “concealment, recommended for dismissal and a long jail term.”
On 6 March 1986, however, Vatsa, Iyorshe, Bamidele, Ogwiji, Ekele, Sakaba, Luther, Akura were executed.Vatsa had taken his trial and sentence with cheerful equanimity like the writer that he was. His vintage smiles revealed more than his words. “I leave you with smiles as smiles surprise people. But I will tell members of the Nigerian Army that the day you start insulting yourselves, others begin to join you,” he said.
To buttress his position that there was rivalry between IBB and Vatsa, Omogui referred to an interview that Eniola Bello of THISDAY had with IBB in 2001 when he turned 60. ‘“Babangida said it was after Vatsa’s coup was foiled that he realized his childhood friend and classmate planned the coup in line with a deep-seated personal rivalry, going back to their days as young officers. He said that unconsciously, he and Vatsa had been great competitors; that as a young officer, whatever he did Vatsa equally did and whatever Vatsa achieved, he also went after. He said it was Lt. Gen. T.Y. Danjuma who pointed this out to him from their military records.”
Babangida gave this rationalization to justify his refusal to pardon Vatsa. He said when he first heard his childhood friend was planning a coup, he decided to do nothing but monitor him. He added, however, that Vatsa came to him to complain thus: ''You heard I was planning a coup and couldn’t even ask me. What kind of friend are you?'' To this, Babangida said he replied: ''I didn’t believe it, or are you planning a coup?'' He said Vatsa replied in the negative and the matter was forgotten until there was evidence of the plot. Babangida said he instructed that Vatsa be arrested and detained to prevent him from impeding investigation into the matter.
Babangida argued: “However, Vatsa tried to escape through the air conditioner hole. I couldn’t understand why he was trying to escape if he was not involved in a coup plot. But while watching the video of his execution, I turned my eyes away when I saw him remove his watch and ask a soldier to give his wife. I couldn’t continue watching.” Babangida added that he couldn’t retire or imprison Vatsa because he believed the guy could still have planned a coup either in retirement or in prison. “Rawlings did it in Ghana and you know Vatsa was very stubborn,” IBB said.
Omogui, however, lamented the tragedy that befell Vatsa: “Vatsa maintained to the very end that the money was for farming. Others alleged, 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 harbouring “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, 1985. 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 the support of one or two of the plotters. Rumors that a civilian had introduced him at a party as Nigeria’s next President were even aired.
''All of this was, of course, circumstantial. But they took him to the stake, which was quite an anti-climax to the career of a brilliant man who 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. This little detail may have earned him some latent enmity in certain circles of the Army which later contributed to his death.”
There is also a very strong belief that Vatsa may have been a victim of political intrigues because of his intellectual sagacity, being a writer and soldier-poet, and his significant indifference to the military politics at that time. In fact, his ordeal had attracted three leading Nigerian literary icons, Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and John Pepper Clark Bekederemo, who had gone to plead with Babangida for clemency, only to be shocked by news of his execution few minutes after departing Dodan Barracks, venue of the meeting.
Hajia Sufiya Vatsa, wife of the late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, General Mamman Vatsa, was at the forefront of the struggle to ensure that justice is done in the Vatsa case but her campaign was cut short in the early hours of Monday, May 21, 2007 when she died.
Hajia Sufiya Vatsa, widow of the late former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, General Mamman Vatsa, died aged 56 on May 21, 2007 at her residence in Kaduna after a brief illness. #HistoryVille
Credit: Savage Olanrewaju

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Celebrities / Re: See How Hausa Guys Dance With Girls In A Party (photo + Video) by ashala(m): 4:58pm On Oct 07, 2017
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Properties / Re: Ever Lived With A Disgusting Roommate? Share Experiences by ashala(m): 9:39pm On Sep 18, 2017
ibkayee:

Lool girl the thing only lasted like 15 seconds, there wasn't much to cope with grin


So the guy's down below wasnt endowed? grin

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Politics / Re: Nnamdi Kanu's House After Military Invasion In Umuahia (Photos) by ashala(m): 7:59am On Sep 17, 2017
Okoroawusa:
Everybody don run.
Where is BSS when u need them?

Shut up if you have nothing to say. Oya give the BSS the same number of Arms the Nigerian Army has and let's see who will run. Why does your Nigerian Army run from Boko Haram who are armed like them?. This tells you one thing - they are cowards and only shows their strength when they go after unarmed civilians.
Politics / Re: Dead IPOB Members In Umuahia Carried Away In A Keke Napep In Abia (Graphic Pics) by ashala(m): 10:19pm On Sep 15, 2017
It was the Shi'iats yesterday, the Igbos today, who knows who it will be tomorrow
Crime / Re: “We Killed Cyriacus Onunkwo, Imo Catholic Priest By Mistake” – Suspect Confesses by ashala(m): 7:46pm On Sep 08, 2017
Evaberry:
hmmmm.


was the priest a righteous man?


is he not suppose to die? how else will be meet his father in heaven if he doesn't die.


his Yahweh came to take him, I dunno why they are punishing the young men that did god's will


You ar the greatest mumu av ever come across
Crime / Re: 2 Men With 2 Human Wrists Arrested By Ogun State Police (Photo) by ashala(m): 11:13pm On Sep 05, 2017
madgoat:


I dont knw why you IPOB people are always so excited when you see ritual killings on front page. It goes to show the depth of poverty and Insanity in that ipob region. lipsrsealed

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Autos / Re: Hurricane Harvey Submerged Cars Could Be On Their Way To Nigeria(Pics) by ashala(m): 5:07pm On Sep 04, 2017
Don't buy such cars ooo. My Inlaw once bought one and didn't even drive it. He later sold it off in frustration.

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Politics / Re: President Buhari, His Daughters, Son And Sons-In-Law Pictured Together by ashala(m): 4:37pm On Sep 04, 2017
[quote author=Holuwahyomzzy post=60110211][img]https://2.bp..com/-gHqXhZCMd3I/Wazrcf7pZOI/AAAAAAAADxw/vdtK-hEMBRIOe0n1GXYaD5DS21j6Qs3wwCLcBGAs/s320/pr.png[/img]

The photo was taken in Daura, Katsina state where they are all celebrating Sallah.

Source: http://www.yomzzyblog.com/2017/09/lovely-photo-of-president-buhari-his.html

[/quote

Where are Buhari's Children from the first wife?. Did he ban them from coming close to him?
Foreign Affairs / Re: The Shocking Aftermath Of Hurricane Harvey In Texas(Photos) by ashala(m): 9:31pm On Sep 03, 2017
DrGoodmanFather:


I am part of those that will send them. Watch out for my deals on Nairaland. Man must chop.

Chai cry
Crime / Re: Girl Burnt Her Lover & Herself To Death In Lagos (pic) by ashala(m): 8:53pm On Aug 31, 2017
Women of these days are terrible.
Foreign Affairs / Re: The Shocking Aftermath Of Hurricane Harvey In Texas(Photos) by ashala(m): 8:04pm On Aug 30, 2017
Explorers:
Cars at a dealership in Houston float are almost entirely submerged in wateras the flood levels continue to rise on Tuesday.


In the coming months these flooded cars would find its way into Nigeria. Wait and see.

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Education / Re: Beautiful Lady Who Sells Groundnut To Raise Money For Her School Fees (Pics) by ashala(m): 9:49pm On Aug 29, 2017
Crime / Re: Fake Pastor Who Killed Baby For Rituals Paraded With His Boxes Of Charms. Photos by ashala(m): 9:43pm On Aug 29, 2017
bedspread:
What a MESS
Listen people:

ANY CHURCH YOU GO TO AND THEY ARE NOT PREACHING OR EMPHASIZING ON INWARD AND OUTWARD HOLINESS AND THE NEED TO PREPARE FOR HEAVEN, TAKE YOUR BIBLE WITH YOU AND LEAVE THERE...

There are many business and occult houses in the Name of church....

Straight up sir. God bless you

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Business / Re: Alaba International Market Lagos Lockdown by ashala(m): 8:48pm On Aug 29, 2017
rottenPussy:
How will this get me a bae in this cold undecided

I seriously need to get some cucumber lipsrsealed


What makes me have this feeling that you are a man

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Celebrities / Re: Bakare Mubarak & Agoro Afeez: Tallest Model Meets Tallest Man In Nigeria by ashala(m): 8:35pm On Aug 29, 2017
Leele osisi Nkwu abuo
Religion / Re: Do You Believe What Will Be Will Be, Do You Believe In Destiny? by ashala(m): 5:52pm On Aug 27, 2017
I don't really believe it because if such truelly exists then there is no need for one to work hard in life. You can as well relax and wait for your destiny to show.

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Crime / Re: Oyinbo Man Sexually Assaults Nigerian Underage Lady And Did Not Apologise(video) by ashala(m): 2:12pm On Aug 27, 2017
That man is a Nigerian from Mbaise. He is no Oyibo

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Business / Re: Zenith Bank Overtakes First Bank As The Largest Bank In Nigeria by ashala(m): 12:36pm On Aug 27, 2017
Young03:
Ecobank can never improve


useless bank

Shut up
Jobs/Vacancies / Re: How Can One B Fast In Critical Reasonoing Qstns? by ashala(m): 11:02pm On Aug 15, 2017
ireneidiva:

lol. Did you get a good job eventually?

My dear, hmmmm, I did ooo. I got a job with a bank in 2007 and av been a banker till now. The most wonderful part is that I got that job through a vacancy I saw on naira land in those good 'old days. #sweetmemories

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