events
November 17, 1993
In Nigeria, General Sani Abacha ousts the government of Ernest Shonekan in a military coup.
Sani Abacha
Sani Abacha was a Nigerian military dictator and statesman who ruled Nigeria as military head of state from 1993 following a palace coup d'état until his death in 1998.
Ernest Shonekan
Chief Ernest Adegunle Oladeinde Shonekan was a Nigerian lawyer and statesman who served as the interim head of state of Nigeria from 26 August 1993 to 17 November 1993. He was installed as the Abese of Egbaland in 1981.