(CPJ/IFEX) – On 28 April 1998, Niran Malaolu, editor of “The Diet” newspaper was convicted by the Nigerian Special Military Tribunal of “information gathering” and implication in the most recent alleged coup plot of December 1997. ***Updates IFEX alert of 30 December 1997** Malaolu, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, has no right of appeal […]
(CPJ/IFEX) – On 28 April 1998, Niran Malaolu, editor of “The Diet” newspaper
was
convicted by the Nigerian Special Military Tribunal of “information
gathering” and implication in the most recent alleged coup plot of December
1997.
***Updates IFEX alert of 30 December 1997**
Malaolu, who was sentenced to life imprisonment, has no right of appeal to a
higher court. His conviction and sentence must still be confirmed or
disallowed by the
Provisional Ruling Council (PRC), the military government of General Sani
Abacha.