The former Chief of General Staff (military Vice President) to General Sani Abacha. Lt- General Oladipo Oyeyinka DIYA (Rtd) is dead.
The former military administrator according to Barrister Prince Oyesinmilola Diya died in the early hours of Sunday.
Born in 3rd of April, 1944 Diya was a military administrator of Ogun State after the Buhari/idiagbon coup of December 31st, 1983.
Diya joined the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna and fought during the Nigerian Civil War.
He later attended the United Ststes of America Army School of Infantry, the Command and Staff College, Jaji (1980–1981) and the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru.
While serving in the military, Diya studied law at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, where he obtained an LLB degree, and then at the Nigerian Law School, where he was called to bar as Solicitor and Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
He held other top military posts like GOC, 82 Division and finally the Chief of General Staff (military Vice President) to Gen Sani Abacha.
He was arrested at the CGS for planning a coup to unseat Abacha.
He was thereafter condemned to death by firing squad along with other military officers like Major-general Abdulkarim Adisa on April 28th, 1998.