Throwback Photo Of J.P Clark, Achebe & Soyinka At Dodan Barracks In 1986 To Beg IBB To Spare Vatsa

Here’s an epic photo from 1986 showing Chinua Achebe and Wole Soyinka on a visit to Dodan barracks to beg Ibrahim Babangida who was President at the time to spare the life of Mamman Vatsa.
Major General Mamman Jiya Vatsa OFR (3 December 1940 – 5 March 1986) was a senior Nigerian Army officer and writer who was executed by the government of Major General Ibrahim Babangida on 5 March 1986 following a military tribunal conviction for treason associated with an abortive coup. He served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.

This explained the one Nigeria of old, it was genuine and pure, unlike what we have now…. A Yoruba man and Igbo man going to beg for the release of an HAUSA man.