Why Babangida Executed Mamman Vatsa in 1986

On March 5, 1986, Major-General Mamman Vatsa and several other Nigerian officers were executed after being found guilty of plotting a coup against the Ibrahim Babangida regime. Get A Carnage Before Dawn: Based on Nigeria's First Military Coup on: Selar: https://selar.com/a-carnage-before-dawn Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Carnage-Before... Rovingheights: https://rhbooks.com.ng/product/a-carn... Join this channel to become a member: https://www.youtube.com/HistoryVille/... Get Ayomide Akinbode's latest historical novels on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Ayomide-Akinbo... Subscribe to HistoryVille:    / @historyville   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Follow us on Social Media: Facebook:   / thehistoryville   Instagram:   / historyville   Twitter:   / historyville   LinkedIn:   / historyville   ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website for interesting historical articles: https://www.thehistoryville.com TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 01:36 Implicating Mamman Vatsa 05:16 Background 08:44 Coup Rumours and Allegations 12:36 Why were Vatsa and the others executed? 14:48 Why did Babangida execute Vatsa? 17:03 Could Vatsa have planned a Coup? The Evidence Against Him 19:06 The Aftermath of the Vatsa Conspiracy Trial 23:09 Next Episode (The Gideon Orkar Coup)