General
Sani Abacha became head of state in
Nigeria after a coup in November 1993 that ended the
Nigerian Third Republic
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Founded (1993)
The constitution of the Third Republic was drafted in 1989. General Ibrahim Badamasi B ...
. He dismissed the elected
civilian governors and placed a
military Administrator
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in charge of each state. In 1996 he created a number of new states:
Ebonyi
Abakaliki is a Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It's headquarters are in the town of Nkaliki.
It has an area of 443 km and a population of 126,837
based on the census conducted i2006. Thehe postal code
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,
Bayelsa,
Nasarawa,
Zamfara
Zamfara (Hausa: Jihar Zamfara Fula: Leydi Zamfara 𞤤𞤫𞤴𞤣𞤠𞤶𞤢𞤥𞤬𞤢𞤪𞤢) is a state in northwestern Nigeria. The capital of Zamfara state is Gusau and its current Governor is Bello Matawalle. Until 1996, the area was ...
,
Gombe and
Ekiti. Abacha died in June 1998 and was succeeded by General
Abdulsalami Abubakar, who transferred or replaced most of Abacha's appointees.
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