Document #1116410
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Author)
No reports of a 1 May 1998 demonstration in
Benin City could be found in 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 see below the
list of sources consulted in researching this Information
Request.
Sources Consulted
BBC News. 1 May 1998. "Nigeria
Opposition Calls for May Day Election Protest."
[internet:
http://www/news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa[accessed: 1 May
1998.].
Africa Research Bulletin: Political,
Social and Cultural Series [Oxford]. May 1998. Vol. 35. No.
4.
West Africa [London]. May 1998.
Nos. 4190-4191.
Electronic sources: IRB Databases: Internet
[http//:www.postpresswired.com[accessed 1 Mar. 1999], LEXIS/NEXIS,
World News Connection.