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FW: When Beggars Die…A Tribute To Late Jibrin Mamman Jiya Vatsa And His Parents
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When Beggars Die…A Tribute To Late Jibrin Mamman Jiya Vatsa And His Parents
“When beggars die there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.”
– William Shakespeare
On 23 December 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
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On this day in 1940, a senior Nigerian Army officer and writer who was executed by the Military government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida on 5 March 1986 following a military tribunal conviction for treason associated with an abortive coup, Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa OFR, was born in Bida, Niger State, North-Central Nigeria.
He served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.
Vatsa was childhood friends with Ibrahim Babangida and both men were peers who attended the same educational institutions.
Like Babangida, Vatsa attended the Provincial Secondary School, Bida from 1957 to 1962 and started his career with the Nigerian Army by enrolling in the Nigerian Military Training College (NMTC) on 10 December 1962.
As a Lieutenant with the 4th Battalion in Ibadan, Vatsa was one of the many officers of northern Nigerian origin, who staged (and were led by Lieutenant Colonel Murtala Muhammed in) what became known as the Nigerian Counter-Coup of 1966 because of grievances they felt towards the administration of General Aguiyi Ironsi's government which quelled the 15 January 1966 coup.
Other participants in the coup included 2nd Lieutenant Sanni Abacha, Lieutenant Muhammadu Buhari, Lieutenant Ibrahim Babangida, Lieuten