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Coup plotters ordered released

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    Nigeria’s current military regime today ordered the immediate release of 33 coup plotters, jailed for trying to overthrow the late General Sani Abacha in 1995 and 1997, news reports said. Chief of General Staff Vice Admiral Mike Akhigbe was quoted as saying the decision was taken by the Provisional Ruling Council (PRC) “in the spirit of national reconciliation”. “A lot has happened in the country and can be likened to a candle burning itself out,” he said, according to the independent ‘Guardian’ daily. The 33 officers and civilians include former chief of general staff Lieutenant General Oladipo Diya, Major Generals Abdulkarim Adisa and Tajudeen Olanrewaju and journalist Niran Malaolu. According to the ‘Guardian’, Diya and his fellow 1997 coup plotters are now free men but lose their military ranking.

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