91. The alleged coup plot was never carried out. 92. The committee cited Abacha for a crackdown last year on Nigerian journalists who reported on a coup plot within the armed forces. 93. The government has not said why he was detained, but the arrest is believed linked to an alleged coup plot the government says it uncovered earlier this month. 94. The government has said the coup plot will not affect the pace of political negotiations. 95. The eighth soldier being sought in an alleged coup plot was arrested in neighboring Guinea, the military announced. 96. The fact that Olusegun Obasanjo now languishes in jail on a fabricated charge of conspiring in a coup plot says much about the nature of the current regime. 97. The government claimed last year that it had uncovered a major coup plot involving active and retired military officers. 98. The government held an emergency meeting Thursday to try to restore calm after rival security chiefs traded accusations of coup plots and ordered security forces put on alert. 99. The group were convicted of trying to overthrow Abacha in a December coup plot. 100. The government announced the coup plot Monday. |
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