Today In Nigerian History: 21st December

Oladipo-Diya

On this day in 1997,  General Diya and some senior military officers are arrested for an alleged coup plot.

Oladipo Diya, a retired Lt. General in the Nigerian Army was Military Governor of Ogun State. As  Chief of the General Staff, Diya was the de facto Vice President during the Sani Abacha military junta from 1994  until he was arrested in 1997 for treason.

Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya alongside Major General Tunji Olanrewaju, Major General Abdulkarim Adisa, and eight others were arrested for allegedly plotting to “violently” overthrow the government of General Sani Abacha.