Oladipo Diya

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Oladipo Diya is a retired Lt. General in the Nigerian Army. He served as the de facto Vice President of Nigeria during the Sani Abacha military junta from 1994 until he was arrested for treason in 1997. He hails from Ogun State in Western Nigeria.

[edit] Botched coup attempt

In 1997 Diya and a couple of dissident soldiers in the military allegedly planned to overthrow the regime of Sani Abacha. The alleged coup was uncovered by forces loyal to Abacha, and Diya and his cohorts were jailed. Diya was tried in a military tribunal, and was given the death penalty. Upon the untimely death of Abacha in 1998, Diya was pardoned by the late Head of State's successor, Abdusalami Abubakar. [1]

[edit] References

• Nigeria's weeping generals

v • d • e Vice Presidents of Nigeria Babafemi Ogundipe† • J. E. A. Wey† • Olusegun Obasanjo† • Shehu Musa Yar'Adua† • Alex Ifeanyichukwu Ekwueme • Tunde Idiagbon† • Ebitu Ukiwe† • Augustus Aikhomu† • Oladipo Diya† • Jeremiah Useni† • Mike Akhigbe† • Atiku Abubakar • Goodluck Jonathan † military