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...Fierce ethnic and regional conflicts make it difficult for civilian politicians to muster national electoral support in a country that has known only nine years of civilian rule. One of the few politicians capable of uniting the nation might be recently released prisoner General Olusegun Obasanjo. Obasanjo has support both in the rebellious south and among his former colleagues in the military -- and he's the only Nigerian military ruler ever to have handed over power to an elected civilian government...
...have firmly stated their desire to see a transition to democracy in Nigeria. But these are futile words if not supported by strong actions; the military rulers of Nigeria do not care for diplomatic niceties. The continued imprisonment of prisoners of conscience in Nigeria including Chief M.K.O. Abiola, Gen. Olusegun Obassanjo, Christine Anyanwu and many others attests to the government's contempt for human rights...
...world less warped by racist double standards where human rights are concerned, the bogus arrest, kangaroo-court trial and harsh sentencing of General Olusegun Obasanjo would have produced front-page headlines and a torrent of protests. Instead the persecution of one of Africa's foremost proponents of democracy by Nigeria's brutal military regime has caused hardly a ripple outside a small circle of government leaders and human-rights activists. Is this because the press and general public, including African Americans, take assaults on political freedom perpetrated by black dictators against their own black citizens less seriously than other such...
...banana republic." The evidence: though the 100-million-strong nation craves acceptance on the world stage, the Lagos regime of General Sani Abacha has in recent weeks killed or jailed a group ofNigeria's foremost proponents of democracy.The most prominent political prisoner is former head of state Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo. Today, Nigerian Foreign Minister Tom Ikimi told TIME editors in New York that Abacha "will not be oblivious" to numerous international appeals to spare Obasanjo's behalf, including one from President Clinton. But White says the dictator is just practicing public relations. And he doesn't expect the pressure...
Thus last week's meeting opened in an atmosphere of apprehension. On the first day, the seven leaders listened attentively to reports by Howe and the Eminent Persons Group, a body headed by former Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser and General Olusegun Obasanjo, the former Nigerian head of state, which was appointed by the Commonwealth last year to study the South African dilemma. Most of the leaders present were struck by the degree to which Howe agreed with the group. Kaunda, who had publicly criticized Howe during his African mission, praised the Foreign Secretary's remarks as "simply fantastic...