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35 years after: Family, community to President Buhari “Please pardon General Mamman Vatsa”

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January 11, 2024
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Late Maj. Gen. Mamman Jiya Vatsa
Over thirty years after his execution in an alleged coup plot in 1986, the family of late General Mamman Jiya Vatsa has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to grant him a state pardon.
It should be recalled that the late General Vatsa along with other military officers were executed on March 5, 1986, after their alleged involvement in a coup plot.
While speaking to Journalists as part of activities to mark the 35 years anniversary of General Vatsa’s death, the day of his execution was set aside by his family and the entire Vatsa community in Gulu, Niger State for remembrance and special prayers for his soul.
Spokesperson for the family, Mr. Jonathan Tsado Vatsa, said “every 5th of March is always a dark day for the entire Vatsa Community and the immediate family. We mark that day with sadness and sorrow. Something was taken away from the family and the entire community”.
Comrade Jonathan Vatsa
Jonathan Vatsa, an All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain, said the family decided to mark this year’s anniversary with an appeal to President Buhari to grant the late General Vatsa a state pardon to enable the family to run a foundation in his honour
The former Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism in Niger State said parts of the anniversary of his death, the wife and the children usually mark the day with a visit to an orphanage and widows because “after his execution, his wife became a widow, his children became orphans. That is why every 5th of March, his family visits an orphanage home”.
Vatsa, further stated that even though his brother was alleged to have plotted a coup, the family is passionately appealing to President Buhari to consider him for a state pardon as it has been done to others.
Accordingly, he said, “the same way that former President Olusegun Obasanjo, General Oladipo Diya, Late MKO Abiola and many others were all granted state pardons and integrated into the society, President Buhari should also consider our late brother and grant him state pardon.
“And as a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, our late brother contributed immensely to the development of Abuja. As at the time he was implicated in the alleged coup, he was just a Minister of the FCT and not commanding any troops. He was only fighting contractors for the development of Abuja.
“Ever since the execution his death created a lot of setbacks in the family, life has not been the same with the family and the entire Vatsa community because so many people depended on him for everything.
‘We, therefore, appealing to al his friends still living to support this cause so that he can be granted a pardon. Some Nigerians like I said earlier have enjoyed this privilege, so let Mr President consider the late General Vatsa too for a state pardon”.
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