Different political games continued while Abacha hedged closer and closer to power.
This tells the high-stake maneuverings of how Chief Ernest Shonekan became the interim President of Nigeria as Babangida is forced – by public opinion and the threat of a military strike – to permanently step aside; while General Sanni Abacha made a vain attempt at capturing the levers of power by taking absolute control of the military.
As Shonekan began consolidating his position, Abacha continued to garner support within the army for an eventual military takeover, while Abiola returns to the country in so much pump and fanfair. General Yaradua and Co met with Abacha as he schemed for the dissolution of both SDP and NRC…
Popular opposition to Ernest Shonekan’s interim national government began to grow massively. The police began an intense security clampdown on the Pro-democracy protesters.
All the while, Abiola kept reaching out to groups opposing his mandate, particularly the Yaradua group. The battleline shifted to the courts, where MKO demands that Shonekan’s interim national government be nullified…..
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