Information on the above-mentioned topic could not be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please find below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Africa Confidential [London]. 1997.

Africa Research Bulletin [Oxford]. 1997.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1997. 1998.

Jeune Afrique [Paris]. 1997.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1997.

Resource Centre country file: Nigeria. 1997.

West Africa [London]. 1997.

Electronic sources: IRB Databases, Global News Bank, LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, REFWORLD (UNHCR database), World News Connection (WNC).