{
  "id": 796565,
  "title": "“My hands were tied, I couldn’t save Vatsa from death” – Former President Babangida",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/13/my-hands-were-tied-i-couldnt-save-vatsa-from-death-former-president",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-13T18:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Post Nigeria",
    "slug": "daily-post-nigeria",
    "url": "https://dailypost.ng/2026/08/13/my-hands-were-tied-i-couldnt-save-vatsa-from-death-former-president-babangida/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "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 […] “My hands were tied, I couldn’t save…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}