The press release reports that Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Walter Carrington testified to the New York City Council that he was convinced that the Nigerian military dictatorship was responsible for the murder of democracy leader Kudirat Abiola in June 1996. He spoke in support of a motion to name the street comer in front of the Nigerian Consulate Kudirat Abiola Corner. Others who supported the motion were former New York Mayor David Dinkins, Reverend Richard Wills of Canaan Baptist Church, American Committee on Africa (ACOA) president Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker, and Chief Anthony Enahoro of the National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria. The press release also mentions the United Committee...
The press release reports that Former U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Walter Carrington testified to the New York City Council that he was convinced that the Nigerian military dictatorship was responsible for the murder of democracy leader Kudirat Abiola in June 1996. He spoke in support of a motion to name the street comer in front of the Nigerian Consulate Kudirat Abiola Corner. Others who supported the motion were former New York Mayor David Dinkins, Reverend Richard Wills of Canaan Baptist Church, American Committee on Africa (ACOA) president Reverend Wyatt Tee Walker, and Chief Anthony Enahoro of the National Democratic Coalition of Nigeria. The press release also mentions the United Committee To Save Nigeria, imprisoned President-elect Moshood Abiola, human rights, Nigerian security forces, economic sanctions, Africa Fund Executive Director Jennifer Davis, Richard Knight, and Africa News Online.
