1.   His six-year transition programme has by no means been a complete failure.

2.   If the government rejects its appeal, the statement called for the complete transition programme to be submitted to a referendum supervised by international observers.

3.   Alhaji Was warned that anyone caught trying to sabotage the transition programme would face the full rigours of the law.

4.   During its stay, the team met with Abacha, top government officials, and heads of agencies in charge of the transition programme.

5.   The transition programme would be implemented in several phases, beginning from the last quarter of this year, he added.

6.   Under the transition programme of the regime, being implemented in phases, the election is scheduled for the last quarter of this year.

7.   It is a key step in the three-year transition programme of General Sani Abacha.

8.   It will announce the second phase of what it bills as a transition programme next January.

9.   It is not the first time Alhaji Was has spoken of alleged plans by the opposition to derail the transition programme.

10.   Many politicians and a coalition of pro-democracy opposition activists have rejected the military transition programme.