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and denied access to his family, lawyer, and medical care. On 8 January 1996, the
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took a critical tone in its reporting on his government. Igiebor set a policy that the magazine would never refer to Abacha as "head of state", preferring the terms "junta" or "dictator" to describe his rule.
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the magazine's assistant editor, was arrested and jailed on a charge of "attempting to stage a military coup", and was sentenced to 25 years' imprisonment by a secret
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and the staff was forced to go into hiding. They continued to publish as a
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