1993 Nigerian coup d'état

Date

November 17, 1993

Location

Nigeria

Result

Coup succeeds.

Ernest Shonekan is forced to resign by Defence Minister Sani Abacha.

Belligerents

Interim government

Armed Forces

Commanders and leaders

Ernest Shonekan

Sani Abacha

Main article: Third Nigerian Republic

The 1993 Nigerian coup d'état was a bloodless military coup which took place in Nigeria on 17 November 1993^[1] when the Armed Forces, headed by Defence Minister General Sani Abacha, forced Interim President Chief Ernest Shonekan to resign.^[2] Shonekan assumed the interim presidency on 26 August 1993, succeeding General Ibrahim Babangida as head of state, in the aftermath of Babangida's annulment of the 12 June 1993 presidential election.^[3]^[4] In a nationwide broadcast following the coup, Abacha cited the stagnant nature of Shonekan's government, and him being unable to manage the democratic process in the country as a cause of his resignation. In September 1994, Abacha issued a decree that placed his government above the jurisdiction of the courts, effectively giving him absolute power. Another decree gave him the right to detain anyone for up to three months.^[5]

Abacha stayed in power until his death on 8 June 1998 at the presidential complex (Aso Villa) in Abuja.^[6]^[7] He was succeeded by the Chief of the Defence Staff Major General Abdulsalami Abubakar as head of state.

References[]

↑ "Nigerian Military Leader Ousts Interim President". The New York Times. 18 November 1993. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/18/world/nigerian-military-leader-ousts-interim-president.html. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
↑ Ojo, Bamidele A. (1998-01-01) (in en). Nigeria's Third Republic: The Problems and Prospects of Political Transition to Civil Rule.. Nova Publishers. ISBN 9781560725800. https://books.google.com/books?id=CcXAqV4Ho04C.
↑ Campbell, Ian (1994). Nigeria's Failed Transition: The 1993 Presidential Election. Journal of Contemporary African Studies. pp. 179–199.
↑ Kenneth B. Noble (June 24, 1993). "Nigerian Military Rulers Annul Election". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1993/06/24/world/nigerian-military-rulers-annul-election.html.
↑ "Nigerian Military Ruler Assumes Absolute Power". AP. 7 September 1994. https://www.nytimes.com/1994/09/07/world/nigerian-military-ruler-assumes-absolute-power.html.
↑ "BBC News – Nigeria – Abacha dies at 54". bbc.co.uk. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/109265.stm.
↑ "General Sani Abacha Profile". Africa Confidential. http://www.africa-confidential.com/whos-who-profile/id/2651/. Retrieved 19 June 2012.

v t e Coups d'état in Africa since 1960

1960s	Republic of the Congo (1960)^c Ethiopia (1960) French Algeria (1961) Somalia (1961) Senegal (1962) Dahomey (1963)^c Togo (1963)^c Gabon (1964)^c Zanzibar (1964)^c Algeria (1965)^c Dahomey (1965) Burundi (1965) Democratic Republic of the Congo (1965) Central African Republic (1965–66)^c Burundi (July 1966)^c Burundi (November 1966)^c Ghana (1966)^c Upper Volta (1966)^c Nigeria (January 1966)^c Nigeria (July 1966)^c Republic of the Congo (1966) Dahomey (1967) Ghana (1967) Togo (1967)^c Mali (1968)^c Republic of the Congo (1968)^c Dahomey (1969) Sudan (1969)^c Libya (September 1969)^c Somalia (1969)^c Libya (December 1969)

1970s	Lesotho (1970)^‡c Libya (1970) Uganda (1971)^c Morocco (1971) Sudan (1971)^c Dahomey (1972)^c Ghana (1972)^c Morocco (1972) Republic of the Congo (1972) Rwanda (1973)^c Uganda (1974) Niger (1974)^c Ethiopia (1974)^c Comoros (1975)^c Sudan (1975) Libya (1975) Nigeria (1975)^c Chad (1975)^c Comoros (1976)^c Sudan (1976) Burundi (1976)^c Nigeria (1976) Benin (1977) Republic of the Congo (1977)^c Seychelles (1977)^c Sudan (1977) Somalia (1978) Comoros (1978)^c Ghana (1978)^‡c Mauritania (1978)^c Central African Republic (1979)^c Ghana (1979)^c Equatorial Guinea (1979)^c

1980s	Mauritania (1980)^c Liberia (1980)^c Guinea-Bissau (1980)^c Upper Volta (1980)^c Mauritania (1981) Gambia (1981) Central African Republic (1981)^c Ghana (1981)^c Seychelles (1981) Central African Republic (1982) Kenya (1982) Upper Volta (1982)^c Upper Volta (February 1983) Upper Volta (August 1983)^c Nigeria (1983)^c Mauritania (1984)^c Cameroon (1984) Guinea (1984)^c Uganda (1985)^c Nigeria (1985)^c Sudan (1985)^c Liberia (1985) Lesotho (1986)^c Togo (1986) Libya (1987) Burkina Faso (1987)^c Burundi (1987)^c Republic of the Congo (1987) Tunisia (1987)^c Sudan (1989)^c Burkina Faso (1989) Ethiopia (1989) Chad (1989)

1990s	Sudan (1990) Nigeria (1990) Zambia (1990) Chad (1990)^c Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Sudan (1992) Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992) Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Comoros (1995) São Tomé and Príncipe (1995) Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c

2000s	Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Central African Republic (2003)^c Mauritania (2003) Guinea-Bissau (2003)^c São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Burkina Faso (2003) Chad (2004) Sudan (2004) Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005)^c Chad (2006) Madagascar (2006) Guinea (2008)^c Mauritania (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c

2010s	Niger (2010)^c Guinea-Bissau (2010)^c Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Niger (2011) Guinea-Bissau (2011) Côte d'Ivoire (2012) Mali (2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Sudan (2012) Benin (2013) Libya (April 2013) Comoros (2013) Chad (2013) Egypt (2013)^c Libya (October 2013) Central African Republic (2012–13) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Lesotho (2014) The Gambia (2014) Burundi (2015) Burkina Faso (2015) Burkina Faso (2016) Libya (2016) The Gambia (2016–17)^‡ Equatorial Guinea (2017) Zimbabwe (2017)^c Gabon (2019) Sudan (2019)^c Ethiopia (2019)

2020s	Mali (2020)^c

^c: successful coup ^‡ self-coup no sign for attempted coup

v t e Coups, self-coups, and attempted coups since 1991

1990s	Mali (1991)^c Lesotho (1991)^c Soviet Union (1991) Haiti (1991)^c Georgia (1991–1992)^c Thailand (1992) Venezuela (1992) Peru (1992)^‡ Sierra Leone (1992)^c Algeria (1992) Guatemala (1993)^‡ Azerbaijan (1993)^c Russia (1993)^‡ Burundi (1993) Nigeria (1993)^c The Gambia (1994)^c Lesotho (1994)^‡ Azerbaijan (1995) Qatar (1995)^c Burundi (1996)^c Niger (1996)^c Turkey (1997)^c Zambia (1997) Lesotho (1998) Republic of the Congo (1998) Niger (1999)^c Pakistan (1999)^c Côte d'Ivoire (1999)^c

2000s	Fiji (2000)^c Ecuador (2000)^c Burundi (2001) Central African Republic (2001) Venezuela (2002) Central African Republic (2003) Philippines (2003) São Tomé and Príncipe (2003) Chad (2004) Haiti (2004)^c Equatorial Guinea (2004) Mauritania (2005)^c Philippines (2006) Chad (2006) Thailand (2006)^c Madagascar (2006) Fiji (2006)^c Laos (2007) Philippines (2007) Turkey (2007) East Timor (2008) Mauritania (2008)^c Guinea (2008)^c Madagascar (2009)^c Honduras (2009)^c

2010s	Niger (2010)^c Guinea-Bissau (2010)^c Ecuador (2010) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2011) Mali (2012)^c Guinea-Bissau (2012)^c Central African Republic (2012–13) Egypt (2013)^c Libya (2013) South Sudan (2013) Libya (2014) Thailand (2014)^c Lesotho (2014) Yemen (2014–15)^c Burundi (2015)

^c coup ^‡ self-coup

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