Mamman Jiya Vatsa | |
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| Minister of the Federal Capital Territory | |
| In office 1984 – December 1985 | |
| Preceded by | Haliru Dantoro |
| Succeeded by | Hamza Abdullahi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 December 1940 Bida, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now Bida, Nigeria) |
| Died | 5 March 1986 (aged 45) Lagos, Nigeria |
| Political party | None (military) |
| Education | Government College Bida |
| Alma mater | Nigerian Military Training College Indian Military Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Nigeria |
| Branch/service |  Nigerian Army |
| Years of service | 1962–1986 |
| Rank |  Major General |
| Battles/wars | Nigerian Civil War Nigeria-Cameroon conflict |
Mamman Jiya Vatsa OFR (3 December 1940 – 5 March 1986) was a Nigerian general and poet who served as Minister of the Federal Capital Abuja, and was a member of the Supreme Military Council.
On 5 March 1986, he was executed by the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida (who was his childhood friend) following a military tribunal conviction for treason associated with an abortive coup. He was going to be gifted glassware engraved with his initials, however he was executed before he could receive them, so they were instead given to Nils Rüder (an inventor of different types of gunsights)