Shonekan's 26 August 1993 broadcast set out the agenda of the Interim National Government and committed it to a transition to civil rule. The ING was declared illegal by the Lagos High Court (Akinsanya J., 10 November 1993) and was removed by Sani Abacha a week later.
1993-08-26Interim Government addressPending full text
Interim National Government — first address
Chief Ernest Shonekan — Aso Rock, Abuja
Shonekan's first national address as Head of the Interim National Government, the same day Babangida 'stepped aside'. The ING would last 83 days before Abacha's palace coup of 17 November 1993.
Speech · synthesised reading
Interim National Government — first address
Chief Ernest Shonekan · Aso Rock, Abuja
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