In Nigeria, General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sani_Abacha" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sani Abacha">Sani Abacha</a> ousts the government of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Shonekan" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ernest Shonekan">Ernest Shonekan</a> in a military coup.