The National Democratic Coalition (NADECO) was founded on 15 May 1994 by a group of politicians, retired army officials and members of the pro-democracy movement (ARB 23 Feb. 1995, 11714). However, the NADECO was declared an illegal political organization on 31 May 1994 (HRW/Africa Oct. 1994, 4). For information on NADECO's goals, please see page 14 of the DIRB document entitled Nigeria: Chronology of Events January 1992-February 1995 which is available at all Regional Documentation Centres.

For additional information on NADECO, please consult the collection of published reports entitled Current Information on the National Democratic Coalition (NADECO), which is available at all Regional Documentation Centres. This publication contains various articles which provide information on NADECO from 18 December 1995 to March 1996.

For further information on NADECO please refer to Response to Information Request NGA24929.E of 23 August 1996 and for information on the leading members of NADECO, refer to Response to Information Request NGA22349.E of 1 December 1995.

This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB 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.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [London]. 23 February 1995. Vol. 32, No. 1. "Nigeria- A Year to Forget?"
Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Africa. October 1994. Vol. 6, No. 8.

Nigeria: "The Dawn of A New Dark Age": Human Rights Abuses Rampant as Nigerian Military Declares Absolute Power.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, social and Cultural Series [London]. 23 February 1995. Vol. 32, No. 1. . "Nigeria- A Year to Forget," p. 11714.

Human Rights Watch (HRW)/Africa. October 1994. Vol. 6, No. 8. Nigeria: "The Dawn of A New Dark Age": Human Rights Abuses Rampant as Nigerian Military Declares Absolute Power, p. 4.