Donaldson Oladipo Diya (born 3 April 1944) is a retired Lt. General in the Nigerian Army. He was appointed Military Governor of Ogun State from January 1984 to August 1985. As Chief of the General Staff, he was the de facto Vice President of Nigeria during the Sani Abacha military junta from 1994 until he was arrested for treason in 1997.

His Principal Staff Officer during this period was Bode George, who went on to have a stormy career with the People's Democratic Party after democracy was restored in 1999.

HopeAtHand:
Best remembered for Infamously begging junior officers to spare his life.

Better to die in dignity than to live in shame.

HopeAtHand:
Best remembered for Infamously begging junior officers to spare his life.
Better to die in dignity than to live in shame.

Knowledge9000:
Congratulations...General without shame!


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8VM9hZMYZ0

seunmsg:


Life is more important than anything bro. Today he's alive to tell the story and Abacha is no more. Ojukwu started a war and ran away when defeat became obvious. That's to tell you even a war General that lost over two million of his people is not ready to lose his own life.

HopeAtHand:


I take it from you that the reason be begged for his life is to tell his part of the story. Well, better to hear from the horses mouth direct. But the story in effect is one of shame, a story of subjection to indignity. I can count a million persons who will rather die than be subjected to kneeling and crying to a junior officer to live.

What the heck is life for goodness sakes. Abacha is dead, Al-mustapha will someday. Death comes sooner or later, but that indignity is engraved in history.

seunmsg:


Life is more important than anything bro. Today he's alive to tell the story and Abacha is no more. Ojukwu started a war and ran away when defeat became obvious. That's to tell you even a war General that lost over two million of his people is not ready to lose his own life.

oilsuop:
Our Yoruba weeping general

sleepingTROUBLE:
The cry baby of the waste land.

HopeAtHand:


I take it from you that the reason be begged for his life is to tell his part of the story. Well, better to hear from the horses mouth direct. But the story in effect is one of shame, a story of subjection to indignity. I can count a million persons who will rather die than be subjected to kneeling and crying to a junior officer to live.

What the heck is life for goodness sakes. Abacha is dead, Al-mustapha will someday. Death comes sooner or later, but that indignity is engraved in history.

MonPro:
Cry cry General. Typically yoruba!

If the 'crying' evidence wasn't captured on camera they would have called 'gullible' ipoDs for believing the story.

More cowardly years to his yoruba life. lmao!