Sani Abacha military government

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authoritarian regime military government

The Sani Abacha military government was the authoritarian regime that ruled Nigeria from 1993 to 1998 under General Sani Abacha, marked by political repression, human rights abuses, and centralized control of state power.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Sani Abacha 6
Nigerian military government 3
Sani Abacha military government canonical 3

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf authoritarian regime ⓘ
military government ⓘ
associatedWith Abacha loot ⓘ
banned political parties ⓘ
cameToPowerBy military coup d’état ⓘ
characterizedBy censorship of the press ⓘ
centralized control of state power ⓘ
detention without trial ⓘ
human rights abuses ⓘ
political repression ⓘ
suppression of political opposition ⓘ
use of secret tribunals ⓘ
controlled Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Armed Forces

Nigeria Police Force ⓘ
surface form: Nigerian Police Force

State Security Service ⓘ
countryGoverned Nigeria ⓘ
dissolved democratic institutions ⓘ
economicPolicy oil revenue centralization ⓘ
state-controlled economic management ⓘ
endTime 1998-06-08 ⓘ
event trial and execution of Ogoni Nine ⓘ
followedBy General Abdulsalami Abubakar ⓘ
surface form: Abdulsalami Abubakar military government
governedTerritory Nigeria ⓘ
surface form: Federal Republic of Nigeria
headOfGovernment Sani Abacha military government self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sani Abacha
headOfState Sani Abacha military government self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sani Abacha
implemented Decree No. 2 on detention without trial ⓘ
Decree No. 43 on press control ⓘ
involvedIn embezzlement of public funds ⓘ
large-scale corruption ⓘ
maintained Provisional Ruling Council ⓘ
notablePoliticalPrisoner Beko Ransome-Kuti ⓘ
Ken Saro-Wiwa ⓘ
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola ⓘ
Obasanjo ⓘ
surface form: Olusegun Obasanjo

Shehu Musa Yar’Adua ⓘ
politicalIdeology military authoritarianism ⓘ
precededBy Ernest Shonekan interim government ⓘ
responsibleFor execution of Ken Saro-Wiwa ⓘ
execution of eight Ogoni activists ⓘ
restricted freedom of assembly ⓘ
freedom of expression ⓘ
freedom of the press ⓘ
securityPolicy heavy militarization of internal security ⓘ
significantEvent 1994–1998 detention of M.K.O. Abiola ⓘ
1995 coup plot trials ⓘ
startTime 1993-11-17 ⓘ
subjectTo Commonwealth suspension of Nigeria ⓘ
international sanctions ⓘ
triggered international condemnation ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bayelsa State → createdBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
Kano Pillars F.C. → homeStadiumNamedAfter → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha
Ekiti State → createdBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha military administration
Nasarawa State → createdBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Sani Abacha
Ebonyi State → createdBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
Wole Soyinka → imprisonedBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian military government
Sani Abacha military government → headOfGovernment → Sani Abacha military government self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha military government → headOfState → Sani Abacha military government self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha
Provisional Ruling Council of Nigeria → governedDuringRegimeOf → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha
Provisional Ruling Council of Nigeria → headOfStateMember → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha
Fourth Republic of Nigeria → precededBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian military regime of Sani Abacha
Ken Saro-Wiwa → killedBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian military government
Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola → detainedBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nigerian military government
NADECO → operatedDuring → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha military regime
NADECO → opposedLeader → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Sani Abacha
General Abdulsalami Abubakar → precededBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ
subject surface form: Abdulsalami Abubakar
this entity surface form: Sani Abacha
Gombe State → createdBy → Sani Abacha military government ⓘ