March 1st in The History of Nigeria.

          Colonel Lawan Gwadabe was Military Administrator of Niger State in Nigeria from December 1987 to January 1992 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida.He was accused of planning a coup against General Sani Abacha in 1995, for which he was jailed, tortured and convicted of treason. 
             He was release after the death of Abacha.

                     
               On the 1st of  March, 1995, he was arrested on a charge of plotting a coup against the Abacha government, and was jailed, tortured and later convicted of treason along with others.
               He was on death row but luckily...