Nigeria keeps Abiola from court showing

Friday 10 May 1996 23:02 BST

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Nigeria keeps Abiola

from court showing

Abuja - A last-minute block by Nigerian authorities stopped detained presidential claimant Moshood Abiola from appearing in court for the first time since August 1994. The federal high court in Abuja was thronged with dozens of relatives and well-wishers hoping to catch a glimpse of the man believed to have won the annulled presidential vote in 1993. Reuter

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