The military dictator, Sani Abacha, had the movement's leader Ken Saro-Wiwa executed in 1995.
This country held a democratic presidential election in 1993 that was won by M.K.O. Abiola, but the election was annulled by the outgoing military regime of Ibrahim Babangida, which had presided over a structural adjustment program in the late 1980s that resulted in this country's becoming a net food importer. Shortly thereafter, a coup brought another military regime to power, and its rule through the 1990s saw the rise of the Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People, which protested environmental devastation and the expropriation of oil by the central government. The military dictator, Sani Abacha, had the movement's leader Ken Saro-Wiwa executed in 1995. After the return to civilian control, this country was ruled by Olusegun Obasanjo in the 2000s. For ten points, name this populous West African nation, now ruled by the first President from the Niger Delta, Goodluck Jonathan.
This country held a democratic presidential election in 1993 that was won by M.K.O. Abiola, but the election was annulled by the outgoing military regime of Ibrahim Babangida, which had presided over a structural adjustment program in the late 1980s that resulted in this country's becoming a net food importer.
{Nigeria}