₦airaland Forum

We4all:
Conspiracy to commit treason. He was indicted for being part of a conspiracy to overthrow the government of IBB.

MartinCorridon:
Soyinka is an OG Yoruba Dee.

See swagz ...not like Achebe looking like Wole's

QuinQ:
How is that my problem?
How about Fulani? Will Fulani win?
Hausa nko?
Maybe Bwala will win😅

HacheNoire:
What’s your definition of cultism?

Do you know we have cults on every campus on Earth? Yes, their aims and objectives might be different, but they exist.

Violence was never part of Soyinka’s aims. Even as at date, the Pirates are one of the most non violent groups on our campuses.

Yup we have different fraternities, even in western institutions.

Nothing new
His aims were good but derailed by later generations.

adamkkk:
u nd earth know Achebe is the greatest writer in Nigeria, although WAS.

Christopher Okigbo is the second

nairalanda1:
Soyinka did write plays,poems and even at least one novel and one work of non fiction.

I still prefer Achebe, but let's not pretend Soyinka won because activism.

( Though his Nobel speech included a lot of anti arphateid activism)

aribisala0:
Do you actually read literature?

Airlord2030:
as far as no Ibo person will win it, I am satisfied
Abi LZAA nor be truth?

QuinQ:
[s]You forget Soyinka spent 2 years in jail for suporting Igbos and saying Nigeria was committing genocide. Why na him carry everything for head? He was also campaigning to honor Igbos. How are you sure he's not secretly Igbo. Hmmmm[/s]🤔

aribisala0:
Yes but what was the findings
If you don't know just admit

It's like I have been writing in Spanish. Don't you know the meaning of treason?


The findings I know is that some soldiers said they discussed dissatisfaction with the government IN HIS PRESENCE
It was alleged they were tortured
I was hoping you would educate me of these " FINDINGS "

Findings or no findings, he was accused of treason. In the military, as long as you are privy to a coup plot but not directly involved, you are also guilty.

Why did people never stop talking about this one case

No one believed the evidence they presented

But no one could present an evidence that could exonerate him. So, the question is, why did IBB frame his childhood friend for a crime he didn't commit?

We4all:
If you can't answer the question, then just believe that he was guilty as charged.

aribisala0:
The question was finding not the charge

Treason Is not a finding
That is the offence


You are talking about Spanish
I am speaking English too

I asked about findings that you claimed

What did he do

With whom

E.g

In 1990 Great Ogboru allegedly Funded the Gideon Orkar coup

He had a fish company in Ikorodu which it is alleged was used for logistic
He bought several J5 buses etc


So once again What did they say Vatsa did to justify killing him

You are saying

He did treason?

Is that it?
He did treason?

What did Vatsa do that was treason

We4all:
If you can't answer why he was framed, then just believe that he was guilty as charged.

Airlord2030:
rubbish

We4all:
You should direct that question to him. I am not Vatsa.

Love800:
Why was a poet executed?
What happened!

PureSperm:
That was when true friendship was still the bedrock of a functional Nigeria

How we got it all wrong is what I'm yet to fathom.

Eriokanmi:
The only valid post here. From your moniker, you really knew what happened in that era. IBB set vasta up. He was his childhood friend and very intelligent. He was much more brave as well so IBB saw him as a threat. There was an unconfirmed information that IBB was also eyeing Vasta's pretty wife. He was a flirt military officer wey no dey take eye commot for women. He was alleged to have also slept with Buhari's wife while the latter was in prison. Buhari had to divorce her after his release. Same IBB snatched maryam from Bongo Sikwe.

loganx:
Today Babangida is old, weak and sick. Wheel-chair bound with the angel of death constantly at his stride, not sure when he'll get the final call.
If you'd ask IBB, what has been his greatest regreat, one would surely stand out; the k#l@ing of Vatsa.
Men are mere mortals, Legacy is Immortal...how do you want to be remembered?

When he passed death sentence on his best friend, he thought his would never come.

Morizo:
Vats

Vatsa was set up by some powerful people around IBB
He was IBB's best Man during his Wedding to Mariam.

His protection for the Christians on the North cost his life

Mirasteel:
IBB was so evil that he didn't change his mind.

PureSperm:
That was when true friendship was still the bedrock of a functional Nigeria

How we got it all wrong is what I'm yet to fathom.

hatchy:
It went all wrong when some people started pitching their tribesmen and women against another tribe.
Western tribal bigotry is the beginning of the disunity of this country.

QuinQ:
Set up for what? Was he the only one around?

jullary:
Eventually we will all die,including Babangida himself!. Life belongs to nobody

Morizo:
I have answered that but lete refer you to an article of News watch magazine of that era

QuinQ:
Where's the reference? Common sense ought tell u that no one forced Dimla to implicate Vatsa and that he had nothing to gain by implicating him.
He was not the only senior around..
Same JEALOUSY pushed Banjo and Ifeajuna to want to overthrow Ojukwu and he execcuted them. JEALOUSY is a very powerful emotion!

aribisala0:
Banjo did not try to overthrow Ojukwu
No evidence was presented for that
He was naive in Trusting Iboes and paid dearly

How could he ever imagine he would succeed with such a coup plot?
How can a sane person believe that HE believed that?