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Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt
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- 30 Sep 2019
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 23). Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082325
South African History Online (2012) 'Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt', South African History Online, 23 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082325 (Accessed: 9 November 2026).
South African History Online, Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082325, (accessed 9 November 2026).
"Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt." South African History Online, 23 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082325. Accessed 9 Nov. 2026.
South African History Online. "Nigeria’s former deputy leader, Gen Oladipyo Diya, and five others are sentenced to death by firing squad for plotting to overt." South African History Online. April 23, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0082325.
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