Mamman jiya vatsa death clock

Remi Raji, performed a groundbreaking ceremony at the site. The Village has been named in Gen. Vatsa's honour historianfacts Share. Post a Comment. Email This BlogThis! Share to X Share to Facebook. Executive Real Estate Business Class. Social Profiles. Carolyn Bryant, who is now in her 80s, has never faced any consequences for her actions.

Powered by Blogger. Together, they also attended the Indian Military School in When the Nigerian Civil War broke out in , they were also at the warfront together. Vasta was a senior Nigerian Army officer and writer. A gifted writer since youth, Vatsa was just a nameless twenty-something junior officer in the early s when he emerged onto the national literary scene.

On March 5th, , Lt. He said that nine military officers have been tried, convicted and that they had been sentenced to death by a Special Military Tribunal for plotting to violently overthrow the Babangida regime, a junta less than days in power. The cold announcement to a shell-shocked nation actually came two hours after the officers had been secretly executed by the regime.

On the same day, Vasta was shot along with nine others by command of his childhood friend — the dictator Ibrahim Babangida. Those involved in power games at the state level, however, asserted that childhood relationship could not save the neck of a person involved in Treason, especially in a military government. Vatsa was in his study. He put a call to his wife, Yufiya, who was in the sitting room watching a programme on television, telling her that Babangida had invited him to Dodan Barracks.

The wife protested, telling her husband that it was too late in the night to go to Dodan Barracks. They were still arguing on whether to go to Dodan Barracks that night or not when Lt. The military men came in armourd cars and military vehicles. At that point, it was clear to Vatsa and wife that it was no longer a courtesy invitation, but an arrest.

Vatsa could see that his residence had been surrounded by soldiers. At the point of leaving his home, he beckoned to his wife, gave her a bear hug, kissed her and also kissed his first son, who was a student at a Military College in Kaduna. He left his Ikoyi residence never to return to it. Against him was an allegation of treason and coup financing.

The Writers' Village finally became a reality on 24 January , named in his honour. He published eight poetry collections for adults and 11 for children with titles such as Back Again at Wargate , Reach for the Skies and Verses for Nigerian State Capitals His books are about ordinary people's lives and simple creatures, including the pidgin collection Tori for Geti Bow Leg , his cultural picture book in Hausa , Bikin Suna , and a charming picture storybook entitled Stinger the Scorpion Contents move to sidebar hide.

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Mamman jiya vatsa death clock

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