Typical of Nigerians to judge an individual based on ethnic or religious backgrounds. Igbo this, Hausa that, Yoruba bla bla bla. Yoruba people are Nigerians and a recognized tribe. You cant do without them. Diya's crime here is that he lied about his acts before he was shown the video.
This is a shame. This people held Nigeria by the jugular for so long. And yet because of Oil Money, they are begging for their lives like shameless individuals. These were never soldiers but thieves and rogues.
The announcement of his death today , brought me here. This man was very ......very... lucky !!!...if not, it was at this period that he would have died. At least he got to live longer than this person and made some further achievements. RIP to him..
@Mr 7Teen Yes. Sad. A month ago, when I wrote this, he was still alive. I am glad he lived to become almost 79 years old as opposed to dying at a much younger age.
Are you sure there is no honor in death? It's really not how long one lives but how well one lives. Not here to blame the general but to say there is no honor in someone giving their life for a noble cause is untrue. The reality is we should strive not to fear death. Not out of arrogance but knowing we are doing everything right according to the will of our creator. I think this is what we should teach people rather than teaching them to fear death.
The man still had the mouth to say they edited it. Is it not obvious? He knelt down before Abacha and Abacha even gave him a tissue to wipe his tears. You can't unwatch it once you've watched it!
Have you heard of Lt. Col. Banjo. I am a Yoruba man and i do not want to be a coward, i want to be different, i want to make a mark for my nation i want people to say things different about a yoruba man, i want to stand for the truth
Such is life up till 2020 general diya is still alive, who knows he his meant to live long and the so called boss has died, thank Gid he pleaded for his life
@@tahirsuleiman7368 wow really. Abacha went ahead with the execution even after giving him tissue to clean his tears? Chai... What did the General do pls?
@@paulobidike2555 it was a machination..he was involved in coup conspiracy planing against the head of state whch was discovered by the Gen Sabi abacha and that was the reason for his invitation to com see for himself in the video whch he never knew it was recorded
@@tahirsuleiman7368 Were you there to know the truth of the matter, if they were set up to be eliminated in order for no one to challenge Abacha's ruling do know. Won't you beg in a situation you are frame up and discover that your life is at stake and there is no way to proof your innocent? You can see the judgement of God upon Abacha, himself who carries out coup to be in that position, he want to kill others whom he alleged of plotting coup which has not been carried out, what right has he under mural law to tried them and eventually convicted them to death? You can see how God judge, convicted, sentencing and executed him without room for begging. How many people in position has learned from Abacha case today? 24 years after that Abacha the emperor been begged there has died, the person begging him for his life is still alive today in 2021, what a life we are, what a God the supreme power owner!
From the recorded presentations here and others forwarded by Major Mustapha,there was a coup, but aborted.General Diya agreed he was one of General Abacha's boys , but opted to be part of the coup because there was a gap between him and his boss.To call it a phantom coup is to be economical with the truth. If Diya was a loyal officer he would not flow along the coupist to be one ,he would have spill the bean to the now late general Abacha. Evidence nullify arguments. In summary, Major Mustapha was apparently a loyal officer to his profession and his boss.
In the military, if you are plotting a coup, you know it's treason and there can only be one of two outcomes; you succeed or you die. Diya and his cohorts knew better. If I know for a fact I would die if I fail, there's just no way I would beg for my life. Unless of course I am innocent. It's ok if Diya was begging if he was innocent but he knew he wasn't so kneeling and begging for his life I think is cowardice.
Correct!! Diya was a snake. He admitted to major Al Mustapha to plotting a coup against Gen Abacha. Him shedding tears here just shows how much of a coward he is.
In the history of the Nigerian military, we have great examples of brave Yoruba men... Eg. Adekunle Fajuyi, Victor Banjo, Benjamin Adekunle (Black Scorpion)... Because someone begged to save his life, that doesn't mean his tribe is coward...
@@alvinman8 . Am a Yoruba guy and to be honest, there is an element of truth in what you are saying . History tells us that the only people who have the courage in army are the Hausas and the ibos , the history of coup in Nigeria has been carried out by this groups . Ojuku and his Biafra war against the nation . The gown coup , the dimika and bilsa coup. The okafo coup , and the fake coup of vista . And most of this guys face the firing squads with a smile on there face , as a solider , they tried and failed and accepted the consequences with honour . Were are the YOURBA ME?
It is an understatement to classify Adekunle Fajuyi as just a brave man. He was more than that. For a man to lay down his life in defence of his guest who was also his C in C is more than bravery. It's legendary. Adekunle Fajuyi was a man every Igbo man including me should always be indebted to.
@@incscreenerfx5081 . On the contrary, I am not glorifying coups and killings, this was a horrible part of Nigeria history, a lot of good men and bad , went to their deaths, families lives ruined, the country was ruined, the issue here was the bravery of the military men who risked their life for it and pay the ultimate price for it. And you are right , I will never become a politician in Nigeria, I am in my 40s , born and bred in Uk of Nigeria parents . I am extremely fascinated by Nigeria history .
He was sopoz to b killed two days after abacha's death...is not that he escaped the death by pleading..his death execution was fix two days before the death of abacha
Imagine this nonsense, was Gen Diya not his Vice? I hate it when Nigeria Rulers assume God position. That is why Nigeria can't go far with this primitive mentality.
Those of u calling the Yoruba race a coward are nothing but ethnic bigot who do not appreciate history. History has it that Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi was the most courageous soldier Nigeria ever had for willingly accepted to die with his friend Former Head of State, Agunyi Ironsi when he was captured in Ibadan
You people calling Diya coward if you guy's seeing what am seeing in my own point of view 👀 ni abacha was stupid man thinking Diya was begging him ordinarily Diya was a very smart man he outsmart abacha by pleading to him don't understimate people you think was a coward if you know you know
From what General Diya said when the video was playing in Yoruba, you would really find out, that this was a set-up and was meant to humiliate him, these are the translation of his word underground when the video was playing" what is wrong in pleading for officers who were falsely arrest"
@@alvinman8 Dude! Jesus Christ not Chris. He is the Son of the Living God. The Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. He died, was buried and resurrected.
@@albertdadzie4567 oh sorry it was typing erro. He was son of god means he has mother, and god has wife, after he died and resurrected did he died Again, if yes where is he's graves please?
If you talking about a coward, a very good example is ojukwu who flew away to ivory coast so what are you saying. He was begging in other to be pardoned cos he knew who Abacha was . 99% of us will surely do same thing.
In war, it's either you win or you lose. When the war became unsustainable, Ojukwu left the stage. It is called EXIT PLAN. Your General, Oladipo Diya was a compound coward. He wasn't even intelligent enough to see that he was being set up and he fell for the plot only to be seen shedding crocodile tears. He had no EXIT PLAN. So the military thing he ought to have done was to face the outcome with some heart. He is a lily-livered General.
What if there's a charm on his body and he knelt with it, who is thinking in that direction. Have you heard someone begging and a real Yoruba will say 'ma fi ogun kunle/do ale fun mi' don't use cahrm to kneel/prostrate for me, because it looks somehow to me, you plan coup, you die or succeed
michael modebe He's a General that should not have been pleading for his life. If Nigeria was at war and he led a formation but got captured by the enemy will he be pleading for his life? The military is not for cowards.
I remember all the events of this period December 1997 and back then I believed the accused were set up. Then we heard of and some of us watched this video. Till date it seems to me that Diya really was guilty, because when accused the first thing you should do is to declare and maintain your innocence.
@@opeyemigbadegesin1579 Dey play wetin? So you will start begging if you are truly innocent??? You don't realize doing that is an admission of guilt? Na only Diya him accuse and hold? Why Gwadabe, Yar'Adua, Obasanjo and even Sola Soile wey be woman no cry, prostrate and admit guilt???
@Foluwa Adeleye😄😄😀👍🏾 you are just like your brother. The yorubas are good in dramatical display. How can you say someone who lied that he was not involved in a coup but was actually involved and begged abacha to save his life did the normal things by kneeling down, that's humiliation to Diya as an experienced soldier and general
Sometimes, cowardice is wrongly tagged. As for me, he saved himself and that's why he's still alive to face the panel while the 'lord' himself is no more. According to a Yoruba adage, bravery sometimes is fleeing the battleground because you'll live to fight another one, better. Dead lions don't roar!
His pleading didn't save him bcos he was actually sentenced to death like Gen Olusegun Obasanjo. They all escaped by the whiskers at the death of Gen Sanni Abacha when the govt of Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar, who succeeded Abacha, released them.
+emma okafor The truth is that yoruba dont contest with igbo but the real fact is that is the igbo that are contesting with yoruba that is why they can go far in Nigeria contest, will always claim i know all without achieving anything politically
@@alvinman8 that is completely incorrect, please go , on line , to the history of Nigeria army and coup, read the fact. Diya and others were awaiting execution, ABacha died and the execution leader , one major , decided to abandon the execution. They were simply save by fate and event.
Diya dies, 25 years after Abacha. Life and power belongs to God.
Coward
Dis abacha is a devil oo. U made someone cry then offer him in handkerchief 😂 😂 😂
dropping your pride is very important in life. at the end of the day, you safe your life to see your family.
Typical of Nigerians to judge an individual based on ethnic or religious backgrounds. Igbo this, Hausa that, Yoruba bla bla bla. Yoruba people are Nigerians and a recognized tribe. You cant do without them. Diya's crime here is that he lied about his acts before he was shown the video.
Even tears wont save anyone from Abacha
This is a shame. This people held Nigeria by the jugular for so long. And yet because of Oil Money, they are begging for their lives like shameless individuals. These were never soldiers but thieves and rogues.
The announcement of his death today , brought me here. This man was very ......very... lucky !!!...if not, it was at this period that he would have died. At least he got to live longer than this person and made some further achievements. RIP to him..
The announcement of his death that brought me here also
Not lucky but grace of God that bought him that second chance to live
This video look funny 😄😄😀oh my goodness. Diya was even smiling jokingly😁😁
Abachaaa is legitimately a big boy! Swag all up even though shit was blurry ! 😂 #Steaseeee
With this, even Gen Diya would want Abacha dead just for this singular act... This is outright humiliation...
I'd cry to save my life, too. Oladipo Diya is 78 years old.
He who fights and cries away lives to fight another day.
He just died recently
@Mr 7Teen Yes. Sad. A month ago, when I wrote this, he was still alive. I am glad he lived to become almost 79 years old as opposed to dying at a much younger age.
No honor in death
No shame in survival
Many of us commenting here won't even take a second punch in the face before we snitch
Are you sure there is no honor in death? It's really not how long one lives but how well one lives. Not here to blame the general but to say there is no honor in someone giving their life for a noble cause is untrue. The reality is we should strive not to fear death. Not out of arrogance but knowing we are doing everything right according to the will of our creator. I think this is what we should teach people rather than teaching them to fear death.
@@eechaze12 I couldn’t have said it better.
Major Fadipe stood his ground.
The man still had the mouth to say they edited it. Is it not obvious? He knelt down before Abacha and Abacha even gave him a tissue to wipe his tears. You can't unwatch it once you've watched it!
Have you heard of Lt. Col. Banjo. I am a Yoruba man and i do not want to be a coward, i want to be different, i want to make a mark for my nation i want people to say things different about a yoruba man, i want to stand for the truth
Ok oooo so u won't be for your life , continue
Moja mosa la fi n Mo okunrin ogun.
Moja mo sa lafii mo akinkanju@@jiddec
Such is life up till 2020 general diya is still alive, who knows he his meant to live long and the so called boss has died, thank Gid he pleaded for his life
The plea ddnt work ... just that the general died two days before diya's execution whch was already fixed
@@tahirsuleiman7368 wow really. Abacha went ahead with the execution even after giving him tissue to clean his tears? Chai... What did the General do pls?
@@paulobidike2555 it was a machination..he was involved in coup conspiracy planing against the head of state whch was discovered by the Gen Sabi abacha and that was the reason for his invitation to com see for himself in the video whch he never knew it was recorded
@@tahirsuleiman7368 Were you there to know the truth of the matter, if they were set up to be eliminated in order for no one to challenge Abacha's ruling do know. Won't you beg in a situation you are frame up and discover that your life is at stake and there is no way to proof your innocent?
You can see the judgement of God upon Abacha, himself who carries out coup to be in that position, he want to kill others whom he alleged of plotting coup which has not been carried out, what right has he under mural law to tried them and eventually convicted them to death? You can see how God judge, convicted, sentencing and executed him without room for begging. How many people in position has learned from Abacha case today? 24 years after that Abacha the emperor been begged there has died, the person begging him for his life is still alive today in 2021, what a life we are, what a God the supreme power owner!
@@paulobidike2555 Diya was planning a coup to oust Abacha. Which is punishable by debt
From the recorded presentations here and others forwarded by Major Mustapha,there was a coup, but aborted.General Diya agreed he was one of General Abacha's boys , but opted to be part of the coup because there was a gap between him and his boss.To call it a phantom coup is to be economical with the truth.
If Diya was a loyal officer he would not flow along the coupist to be one ,he would have spill the bean to the now late general Abacha.
Evidence nullify arguments.
In summary, Major Mustapha was apparently a loyal officer to his profession and his boss.
There is nothing wrong with what this man did. It was simply a case of a man begging for his life to be spared .
He wasn’t going to spare Abacha if that coup had succeeded
In that case , he shouldn’t have taken part in the coup .
He was just a coward, nothing more, nothing less.
@@malamialamin6622 🤣🤣🤣🤣
No life with humiliation is better die firmly as man and fight for your what you believe
In the military, if you are plotting a coup, you know it's treason and there can only be one of two outcomes; you succeed or you die. Diya and his cohorts knew better. If I know for a fact I would die if I fail, there's just no way I would beg for my life. Unless of course I am innocent. It's ok if Diya was begging if he was innocent but he knew he wasn't so kneeling and begging for his life I think is cowardice.
Not when he knew that he has wife and children who probably persuaded him to beg for his life.
Correct!! Diya was a snake. He admitted to major Al Mustapha to plotting a coup against Gen Abacha. Him shedding tears here just shows how much of a coward he is.
@@olaafelumo4754 . During this period, he won’t have access to anyone, not even is family.
@@olaafelumo4754 Then he should have simply thought of that before planning a coup. the Nigerian military is no joke nor is it child play.
@Mahmud Ibrahim Period! You've said it all.
In the history of the Nigerian military, we have great examples of brave Yoruba men... Eg. Adekunle Fajuyi, Victor Banjo, Benjamin Adekunle (Black Scorpion)... Because someone begged to save his life, that doesn't mean his tribe is coward...
Correct
They're extremely coward. Because most of hypocrites are cowards. And yuroba are on the top
@@alvinman8 . Am a Yoruba guy and to be honest, there is an element of truth in what you are saying . History tells us that the only people who have the courage in army are the Hausas and the ibos , the history of coup in Nigeria has been carried out by this groups . Ojuku and his Biafra war against the nation . The gown coup , the dimika and bilsa coup. The okafo coup , and the fake coup of vista . And most of this guys face the firing squads with a smile on there face , as a solider , they tried and failed and accepted the consequences with honour . Were are the YOURBA ME?
It is an understatement to classify Adekunle Fajuyi as just a brave man. He was more than that. For a man to lay down his life in defence of his guest who was also his C in C is more than bravery. It's legendary. Adekunle Fajuyi was a man every Igbo man including me should always be indebted to.
@@incscreenerfx5081 . On the contrary, I am not glorifying coups and killings, this was a horrible part of Nigeria history, a lot of good men and bad , went to their deaths, families lives ruined, the country was ruined, the issue here was the bravery of the military men who risked their life for it and pay the ultimate price for it. And you are right , I will never become a politician in Nigeria, I am in my 40s , born and bred in Uk of Nigeria parents . I am extremely fascinated by Nigeria history .
E don tey wey Nigerians dey keep receipts 😂😂😂
I swear 😂
I swear 😂
I swear 😂
Look how powerful Nigeria was then no terrorist or bandits so brave
Where is Abacha today? God knows how to deal with evil people.
Yorubas are not a race, they are an ethnic group. cowardice is not inherent to any particular group, but a pervasive human trait.
A man has to safe his life,general is a rank,I cherished his approach to the issue.
Dictatorship is not a good thing. Just gives one man undue advantage over others. 😡
Yes that's why we need democracy
That’s life , where are they now? Abacha is dead, Diya outdated .
In this game of thrones Abacha was Def the guy with the dragons.
He was sopoz to b killed two days after abacha's death...is not that he escaped the death by pleading..his death execution was fix two days before the death of abacha
I wish shagari had retired all officers who held political appointments
We must be grateful to Goodness that this tyrant is no more. He really thought he was God. We owe ever ended him a great debt.
Abacha was a real Don!! Diya was begging like a coward because his planned coup had failed and the Don had found out.
Abacha remains the only field marshal Nigeria ever had
Imagine this nonsense, was Gen Diya not his Vice? I hate it when Nigeria Rulers assume God position. That is why Nigeria can't go far with this primitive mentality.
So vice are made to Kill their boss??
cry cry general
But God being Almighty decided that Abacha die and Diya live.A.D 2021 Diya still lives and Abacha's bones are interned in a grave.
Those of u calling the Yoruba race a coward are nothing but ethnic bigot who do not appreciate history. History has it that Colonel Adekunle Fajuyi was the most courageous soldier Nigeria ever had for willingly accepted to die with his friend Former Head of State, Agunyi Ironsi when he was captured in Ibadan
There is not bigotry here.... you guys are hypocrites that's why you are cowarders
When he was captured he knew he cnt alive. What is the brave there?
He bravely ran away
@@alvinman8 yes he didn't beg. That's the difference.
@@awelechukwuemeka1382 you mean this video, shows he ddnt beg Abacha?
After this much pleading and yet he was sentence to torture and death. Only that God intervene.
why the noise ehh?
You people calling Diya coward if you guy's seeing what am seeing in my own point of view 👀 ni abacha was stupid man thinking Diya was begging him ordinarily Diya was a very smart man he outsmart abacha by pleading to him don't understimate people you think was a coward if you know you know
Makes no sense
From what General Diya said when the video was playing in Yoruba, you would really find out, that this was a set-up and was meant to humiliate him, these are the translation of his word underground when the video was playing" what is wrong in pleading for officers who were falsely arrest"
what is bad in this video, if someone is begging his superior and claiming his innocent
But we know he was plotting the coup.
He would have killed Abacha
I don't think you understand
Abacha is smarter than him
survivers are the real champions
that's a crocodile tears.
General Abacha only needed to get facts from accused persons
Thanks Kaduna Nzeogwu, you fool
Where's Abacha now? Dead. Tells you power is not forever.
Is that what you learned from the video?
@@alvinman8 just said what I learnt and observed. He's in hell ryt now. You will join him if you don't give ur life to Christ.
@@albertdadzie4567 who is Chris, and who thought you about chris ?
@@alvinman8 Dude! Jesus Christ not Chris. He is the Son of the Living God. The Lamb of God that taketh away the sins of the world. He died, was buried and resurrected.
@@albertdadzie4567 oh sorry it was typing erro. He was son of god means he has mother, and god has wife, after he died and resurrected did he died Again, if yes where is he's graves please?
To kneel down is cowardice so be man at least
If you talking about a coward, a very good example is ojukwu who flew away to ivory coast so what are you saying. He was begging in other to be pardoned cos he knew who Abacha was . 99% of us will surely do same thing.
Typical excuse of a yoru-coward. This so called Gen Diya typifies the average yoru, all lily-livered. 🤮
In war, it's either you win or you lose. When the war became unsustainable, Ojukwu left the stage. It is called EXIT PLAN. Your General, Oladipo Diya was a compound coward. He wasn't even intelligent enough to see that he was being set up and he fell for the plot only to be seen shedding crocodile tears. He had no EXIT PLAN. So the military thing he ought to have done was to face the outcome with some heart. He is a lily-livered General.
@@ugoalaukaegbu7998exit plan when over 3million people are dead?
Lol, it’s not a shame dou but as a general he should known there was no forgiveness, so there was no point to beg
What if there's a charm on his body and he knelt with it, who is thinking in that direction. Have you heard someone begging and a real Yoruba will say 'ma fi ogun kunle/do ale fun mi' don't use cahrm to kneel/prostrate for me, because it looks somehow to me, you plan coup, you die or succeed
Today, Diya is still alive while many who mocked him in that room are gone or irrelevant.
He would still be alive even if he did not go on his knees.
a coward dies a thousand deaths
@@dubemokolo3926
Do you know Abacha?
This man's life was in danger
michael modebe He's a General that should not have been pleading for his life. If Nigeria was at war and he led a formation but got captured by the enemy will he be pleading for his life? The military is not for cowards.
Yea. I get u
@@obinnaezealah2465 . Good point , a man like this will betray is country and his troops. Which is worse than treason.
1:56 Eee what does what does this mean... lol
Abacha is the Guy
I remember all the events of this period December 1997 and back then I believed the accused were set up.
Then we heard of and some of us watched this video.
Till date it seems to me that Diya really was guilty, because when accused the first thing you should do is to declare and maintain your innocence.
Maintain your innocence with abacha? Dey play, just dey play. Man was brutal and dictatorial.
@@opeyemigbadegesin1579 Dey play wetin? So you will start begging if you are truly innocent???
You don't realize doing that is an admission of guilt?
Na only Diya him accuse and hold?
Why Gwadabe, Yar'Adua, Obasanjo and even Sola Soile wey be woman no cry, prostrate and admit guilt???
@Mas-ud Al-hassan yes it's true!
He wasn't the only one fingered in the case so why the cowardice!?
ha ha now this is funny
It now not before
These are supposed to be highly classified military documents.
No one gives a shit
Apparently just got "DECLASSIFIED"!!!
probably had guns behind camera..... also a soldier shuld kno better not to beg.. you die fighting if you a soldier.
@Foluwa Adeleye😄😄😀👍🏾 you are just like your brother. The yorubas are good in dramatical display. How can you say someone who lied that he was not involved in a coup but was actually involved and begged abacha to save his life did the normal things by kneeling down, that's humiliation to Diya as an experienced soldier and general
Fear of abacha 😅
Sometimes, cowardice is wrongly tagged. As for me, he saved himself and that's why he's still alive to face the panel while the 'lord' himself is no more.
According to a Yoruba adage, bravery sometimes is fleeing the battleground because you'll live to fight another one, better. Dead lions don't roar!
The weeping didn't save his life. Abacha died some days later, if not he would be killed.
@@Frankwallz
The weeping didn't save his life it bought him more time. Abacha could have killed him that same day and nothing will happen.
Diya was jst lucky.
His pleading didn't save him bcos he was actually sentenced to death like Gen Olusegun Obasanjo. They all escaped by the whiskers at the death of Gen Sanni Abacha when the govt of Gen Abdulsalam Abubakar, who succeeded Abacha, released them.
Set up
Yoruba and cowardice...the truth is they can't contest with ndigbo!
+emma okafor The truth is that yoruba dont contest with igbo but the real fact is that is the igbo that are contesting with yoruba that is why they can go far in Nigeria contest, will always claim i know all without achieving anything politically
YIBO WITH MOUTH
Abacha gave him handkerchief to wipe his tears? I thought he was a hydra headed monster?
He still gave them death penalty . They captured this video to nail him
That's what they do....
After all that he was still going to kill him. That's Abacha for you.
No shame in crying
That means that Diya did plan a coup. Abacha was really a great man. He saved his life. Vatsa was not so fortunate
Tonye Oki Abacha did not save Diya:s life, rather the president died before he could execute Diya
@@nkechiihemeje7294 he save his life. You got your information wrong. Abacha died 6 months later, but he forgive them all
@@alvinman8 that is completely incorrect, please go , on line , to the history of Nigeria army and coup, read the fact. Diya and others were awaiting execution, ABacha died and the execution leader , one major , decided to abandon the execution. They were simply save by fate and event.
@@victoredwards3959 hmmmm Nigeria politician history, they have your mind but cnt have mind
@@alvinman8 I was a kid when this happened n even I remember Diya n co were imprisoned n awaiting firing squad. Diya escaped by the skin of his teeth
It's not funny
Abacha remains my mentor even in his death
You're a fool for this statement. If only you know you brutish and blood thirsty Abacha was. Maybe you're just as evil as him
naira was 22 to a dollar througout his 5 years
Rest in peace General Sani Abacha
The killer
Rest in PIECES you mean🤠🤠🤠
General Abacha only needed to get facts from accused persons