Information specific to a 12 June 1994 demonstration in Lagos organized by the National Coalition for Democracy (NADECO) and the Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) could not be found among the sources currently available to the DIRB. However, in a 9 June 1997 telephone interview the London branch secretary of NADECO stated that between May 1994 and November 1994, NADECO and the CLO organized series of in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria. The secretary explained that civil disobedience reached a climax during the months of June, July and August 1994. For additonal information on the demonstrations during these months, please consult the following attachments Agence France Presse (AFP) 20 August 1994 and 19 July 1994, Inter Press Service (IPS) 22 August 1994 and 22 June 1994, and Reuters 4 of August 1994.

A 20-24 June 1994 West Africa article states that in a 12 June 1994 broadcast to the nation, the president, General Sani Abacha, warned that Nigeria would not allow an individual or group to "hold the country to ransom" (1087). According to this source the group referred to was NADECO.

For additional information on NADECO, please consult the attached documents.

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. Please find below the list of additional sources consulted in researching this Information Request.

Reference

National Democratic Coaliton (NADECO). London. 9 June 1997. Telephone interview with London branch secretary.

West Africa [London]. 20-26 June 1994. Bola Olowo and Modupe Olajubu. "Picking Up the Gauntlet."

Attachments

Agence France Presse (AFP). 20 August 1994. "Nigerian Authorities Order Clampdown on Opposition: Press." (NEXIS)

_____. 19 July 1994. Ade Abisesan"Abacha Agrees to Talks with Opposition as Riots Spread." (NEXIS)

Inter Press Service (IPS). 22 August 1994. Toye Olori. "Nigeria-Politics: Security Men Hunt Pro-Democracy Activists." (NEXIS)

_____ . 22 June 1994. Toye Olori. "Nigeria-Politics: A Defiant Abiola Emerges from Hiding." (NEXIS)

Reuters. 4 August 1994. BC Cycle. Tunde Obadina. "Nigerian Democracy Group Concerned About Violence." (NEXIS)

West Africa [London]. 20-26 June 1994. Bola Olowo and Modupe Olajubu. "Picking Up the Gauntlet," pp. 1087-1088.

Additional Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential [London]. Weekly.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series [London]. Monthly.

Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 1995. 1996.

The Europa World Year Book. 1996-1997.

Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. 1996.

Human Rights Watch World Report. 1996-97.

Horn of Africa Bulletin [Uppsala]. Bimonthly.

Jeune Afrique [Paris]. 1995 to present.

Keesing's Record of World Events [Cambridge]. 1994-1996.

New African [London]. Monthly.

West Africa [London]. Weekly.

On-line search on NEXIS database.

Two oral sources consulted did not provide information on the requested subject.