United Action for Democracy
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The United Action for Democracy (UAD) was an opposition group formed in Nigeria
during the military regime of General Sani Abacha
in 1997, bringing together human rights, environmental rights and smaller pro-democracy organizations.
It was a component organization of the Joint Action Committee of Nigeria (JACON).
A coalition of 26 pro-democracy groups, in April 1998 it called for "mass action".
Two people were killed and about 20 wounded at the Salami Sports Stadium, Ibadan in April 1998, when supporters of the United Action for Democracy disrupted a pro-Abacha rally that had earlier been addressed by the military administrator Colonel Ahmed Usman
.
Nigeria
Nigeria , officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a federal constitutional republic comprising 36 states and its Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The country is located in West Africa and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the west, Chad and Cameroon in the east, and Niger in...
during the military regime of General Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha
General Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military leader and politician. A Kanuri from Borno by tribe, he was born and brought up in Kano, Nigeria. He was the de facto President of Nigeria from 1993 to 1998....
in 1997, bringing together human rights, environmental rights and smaller pro-democracy organizations.
It was a component organization of the Joint Action Committee of Nigeria (JACON).
A coalition of 26 pro-democracy groups, in April 1998 it called for "mass action".
Two people were killed and about 20 wounded at the Salami Sports Stadium, Ibadan in April 1998, when supporters of the United Action for Democracy disrupted a pro-Abacha rally that had earlier been addressed by the military administrator Colonel Ahmed Usman
Ahmed Usman
Colonel Ahmed Usman was a Nigerian Military Administrator of Ondo State and then of Oyo State during the military regime of General Sani Abacha.-Early career:Ahmed Usman was born in 1951...
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