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Abacha '98 the Cool, Smooth Choice ABACHA '98 THE COOL, SMOOTH CHOICE. Outline Newswatch MARCH 16,1998 NIGERIA’S WEEKLY NEWSMAGAZINE VOL. 27 NO. 10 Nigeria: 15 Cover: Nigeria's drugs war fails to impress the United States administration for four For and Against consecutive years* Victims of the Abacha 1995 property demolition in Ajah community in Lagos State get new land allocation* Igala Women Should General Sani Association, IWA, raises fund for Abacha succeed himself uncompleted projects at the Iyale as president? Yes, say the Special School for handicapped youths, No says Pro­ children. democracy Coalition Film: 32 Political Update: 23 A new film released in the US captures the pain of slavery and Protests Galore the miraculous triumph of slaves aboard the Amistad. In UNCP Sports: Aspirants disqualified in Egyptian soccer coach gets more the Senatorial and House than he asked God in the African of Representatives election Cup of Nations Championship. primaries in UNCP accuse officers of manipulation 4. Cartoons Business + 5. Editorial Economy: 27 Etete’s Second 26. Global Notes Coming Dropped November 17, 34. Music Dan Etete beats the odds, returns to his petroleum 36. Dialogue resources ministry. What now? Newswatch (ISSN 0189-8892) is published weekly by Newswatch Communications Umited, No. 3 Billings Way (off Secretariat Road), Oregun Industrial Estate, Oregun, P.M.B. 21499, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria. Telephone; 4960950. Fax: 962887. Telex: 27874 NEWCOM NG. All rights reserved. Reproduction in any form, in whole or in part without permission, is forbidden. Printed in Nigeria by Academy Press Pic, Ilupeju. PUNCH--------------------------------U--------------------------------VANGUARD Newswatch, March 16,1998 4 VANGUARD------------------------------ u-----------------------------PUNCH ---------------------------------- U------------------------------VANGUARD T T IS THE TALE OF TWO CITIES. OR, r- ^ jL Abacha and the other to say no to him. Some more appropriately, the march in two | | || 1 l II W put the Abuja crowd at 1(H),000. The Lagos cities, Abuja and Lagos. General Sani crowd was considerably less - unless you JLm Abacha, head of state, was the subject El ^11 + Y téj I O III tp want to believepublications whose reporters of the two-day event that will remain, in the ^ ■ H have a fanciful idea about figures. But the difference between the two could and impassioned arguments. In Abuja, two not have been clearer even to a blind man. million youths who earnestly want Abacha Abuja was a carnival. Lagos was, well, not a to succeed himself, organised what they, tongue in the cheek, carnival. In Abuja, the police and security forces were there to called a carnival. And what a carnival! Nigerian musicians were, protect the youths; roads to the rally ground were blocked to to use the contemporary expression, fully mobilised. So were normal traffic; the parade ground itself was reconstructed with youths and a smattering of adul ts from every s ta te of the federa tion. state-of-the-art toilets and other facilities. It wasa carnival with a difference. It was a political carnival, the like The Lagos rally had none of the hi-tech facilities for saying no of which had never been seen in this country. Youth power at its loudly enough for everyone in the old federal capital to hear. No most powerful. The objective, and every letter in tha t word dripped special rallyground even,The police said the rally was illegal. And with the liquid gold of patriotism, was to pressure the head of state they turned up in full force to prevent it. Olisa Agbakoba, former to accept to become the next president by taking the ba ton from his president of CLO and one of the organisers of the Lagos march, own left hand with his own right hand in October. He was was arrested. He and 37 others were charged in court the next day. earnestly asked. Now, he was being earnestly pressurised with That makes the matter sub jiuUcc. Sounds lawyerly. songs, concert, drama, speeches and dancing, to accept to do what This week's cover story is the story of what happened in the the youths want him to do - hand over to himself through, to be two cities on March 3 and 4. Paul Akuh, assistant editor, joined sure, a democratic election. Critics say thecamival cost the taxpayers Wale Akin Aina, assistant editor and Abuja bureau chief, to cover some 8(K) million naira. My ad vice? Do not believe every figure you the two-day pro-A hacha rally. They were joined by Conrad Akwu, see until you hear from the patriots. deputy photo editor. Tobs Agbaegbu, assistant editor, covered the In Lagos, five million adults who are opposed to any plans by L nt acl anyone or a group of persons to persuade Abacha to succeed rally.f” Akinf Aina" and Yv himself organised their own march. In truth, none of the two Agbaegbu, jointly / groups marched. And in truth, none of them had the number of wrote this week s people they boasted would be mobilised, the one to say yes to cover story. Editor-In-Chief Newswatch The International Award-winning Magazine Founders: DELE GIWA (1947—1986), RAY EKPU, DAN AGBESE, YAKUBU MOHAMMED Newswatch Communications Limited Senior Advertisement Executive: Magnus Aja Eze CEO: Ray Ekpu Advertisement Executives: Omolara Onatemowo. Adeyemi Adebari, Nsikan Essien, Dep. CEO: Yakubu Mohammed Olayiwola Cole. 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Newswatch, March 16, 1998 Photo by Talwo Idowu By Wale Akin Aina & Tobs Agbaegbu million-man march took several months, visible preparations were noticed three weeks ago when Julius Berger, a giant he new abuja Nigeria, NACYAN, an umbrella construction company, moved there to parade ground loca­ organisation of 150 pro-Abacha handle construction work at the new ted in the central organisations, began March 3, and for 48 parade ground. Within hours, the two area of the federal hours provided a forum for one of the major express roads opposite sides of the capital city is hardly most
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