Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ut-ngp.UTEXAS Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!ut-sally!ut-ngp!sunil From: sunil@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Sunil Trivedi) Newsgroups: net.nlang.africa Subject: Nigerian coup d'etat Message-ID: <2311@ut-ngp.UTEXAS> Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 18:40:02 EDT Article-I.D.: ut-ngp.2311 Posted: Tue Aug 27 18:40:02 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 29-Aug-85 23:32:45 EDT Distribution: net Organization: The University of Texas, Austin, TX 78712 Lines: 3 The Nigerian civilian government was overthrown by the Nigerian Army. Democracy in Africa suffers another defeat. I believe the official army explanation was "corruption". What actually went wrong?