[a history buff]

Bear in mind that Africa has a rich history of manufactured stories to suit foreign interests. Like Iraq, Nigeria is an oil rich country where the oil is largely found in a chunk of the country belonging to a minority that is lorded over by the rest of the country, which, of course, guarantees anarchic government.

[Wallaby]

Bear in mind...

Surely, but doesn't this story ring true?

Falana said that immediately Abiola died, the American delegation held a press conference in Abuja where they disclosed that he died of natural causes. Gen. Abubakar in his broadcast also said that Abiola died of natural causes. The following day, July 8, 1998, the then U.S. President Bill Clinton also, in a condolence message, said that Abiola died of natural causes - all at a time when a post-mortem and autopsy had not been conducted.

:Nigeria; How Abiola Died, By Abubakar's Security Aide, The Guardian, Africa News September 26, 2001 Wednesday