On December 21, 1997, eight top officials of General Sani Abacha’s kitchen cabinet were arrested for allegedly plotting to “violently” overthrow the government of the day.
In the videos below, General Oladipupo Diya who was then the de facto Vice-President of Nigeria and General Abdulsalam Abubakar another front line member of the government are seen in the videos begging frantically that their lives be spared shortly before being whisked away to what will turn into months of torture and agony.