“My hands were tied, I couldn’t save Vatsa from death” – Former President Babangida

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Key context: <img width="1280" height="720" src="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ibrahim-Badamasi-Babangida-1280x720-1.jpg" class="webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image" alt="" style="display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 5px;max-width: 100%;" link_thumbnail="" decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ibrahim-Badamasi-Babangida-1280x720-1.jpg 1280w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ibrahim-Badamasi-Babangida-1280x720-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://dailypost.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Ibrahim-Badamasi-Babangida-1280x720-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px" /><p>Former military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (rtd), has opened up on the execution of his childhood friend and former military colleague, General Mamman Jiya Vatsa, saying his hands were tied after a military panel found him involved in the 1985 coup plot to overthrow him. Babangida spoke during a special programme monitored on Badeggi [&#8230;]</p> <p><a href="https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/13/my-hands-were-tied-i-couldnt-save-vatsa-from-death-former-president-babangida/">&#8220;My hands were tied, I couldn’t save Vatsa from death&#8221; &#8211; Former President Babangida</a></p> This development from dailypost.ng highlights ongoing changes in the sector.