Claim 248

A security official said the reporting had caused security problems and discredited the coup allegation.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: A security official said the reporting had caused security problems and discredited the coup allegation.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Security official on the story's effect
About: incident 1995-nigeria-abacha-journalists-tribunal
Source: Outliving Abacha: Six Nigerian journalists' prison stories
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 1999-03-01

Quotation from the source

the story had caused some security problems and discredited the government's coup allegation.