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From John Adams, Minna
The family of late General Mamman Jiya Vatsa who was executed on an allegation of coup against General Babangida in 1986 has reacted to the submission by Babangida in his autobiography book that the killing of late Vatsa was justified because there were enough evidence implicating him in the coup.
The spoke person of the family and former commissioner for information culture and tourism in Niger state, Hon. Jonathan Vatsa while reacting to Babangida’s allegation which was contained in his book that has continued to generate negative reactions across the country, in a press briefing in Minna on Tuesday, described General babangida as a man that has lost in the affairs of honor over the many lies contained in his belated autobiography book.
The former commissioner who is a cousin brother to late General Vatsa said he decided not to react to until after reading the book that is full of deceits and distorted facts, pointed out that Babangida book cannot serve as a reference material to young and up coming generations but for criminals, stressing “a collection of distorted facts call book written by a man without identity cannot serve as a reference book for younger generation but a good reference book for criminal minded people”.
The former publicity secretary of All Progressive Congress (APC) who almost dropped in tears while addressing the media in Minna, said that ordinary the family wouldn’t have joined issues with a man whom he said changed his identity just to belong to a certain ethnic group in the country but since Babangida has refused to allow the late General Vatsa rest in peace after killing him, “we will let him know that even in death, late General Vatsa is a more honorable man because he has an identity, he came from a home”.
According to him, Babangida admitted in his book that he changed the name Badamosi to Babangida so that people will know he is from the north, stressing that “where did he get the name Badamosi from in the first place, because northerners don’t bear the name Badamosi. That name is synonymous to the south west people. A man who denied his tribe and identity is not fit to live”.
He stated further that the many lies in Babangida’s book is a clear evidence that he is not a genius the Nigerian media created for him, rather “a Lilly-livered” General for annulling the June 12 and failing to retired late General Abacha for fear of being killed by Abacha loyalists in the Army as claimed in his book.
“How can he lie that it was Abacha who annulled the June 12 if he was in control as a Head of State. He equally admitted that the Military was heavily politicized and because of that he couldn’t retire Abacha for fear of being killed by Abacha loyalists in the Army”.
Vatsa believed that those who advised Babangida to write the bunch of lies and blackmails called autobiography have further dented his already battered image, stressing that “it was better for him to keep quiet than dishing out chunk of lies and deceit far from the truth about yourself as a human being.
“Unfortunately the man he accused of annulling the June 12 and all the actors in the June 12 controversy are no more today to tell their own story and that is why no serious minded individual should take the book serious.
“This is the man that had earlier said he will not write any book because according to him, there are people he cannot resist abusing and that he wouldn’t want to hurt their children and ground children but what has done now, this lack of emotional instability.
“Even in death, Babangida has refused to allow late General Vatsa and his family has peace, he is still troubling the dead man and his entire family. Well people have seen the end of our brother, but Babangida doesn’t know how he will end.
“Our joy is that the reactions of Nigerians after the so-called book presentation shows that the killing of late General Vatsa was done out of envy, malice and hatred. It was a case of a man with a root and identity versus someone who has no root and a second name”.
The APC Chieftain in Niger state while expressing regret over cream of personalities that gathered for the book lunch, pointed that the country called Nigeria is a huge joke, a country where people who called themselves leaders act before they think, adding no reasonable Nigerian who is benefiting from the current democratic system which Abiola’s struggle and his eventual death brought to Nigeria should have donated towards this revelation of evil done to Nigeria and Nigerians called autobiography.
“This has further confirmed why some Nigerians in their opinions believed that this country is worth not dying for if not, how can we as a people gathered to celebrate evil done to a nation by an individual”, he queried.
Vatsa stated further that the late General vatsa told the then Military tribunal that tried him that the day the Nigerian Army started insulting itself others will join, so by this book Babangida has insulted himself and others will join”, he submitted.
