# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1995-nigeria-abacha-journalists-tribunal)
- Source: Outliving Abacha: Six Nigerian journalists' prison stories. https://www.refworld.org/reference/countryrep/cpj/1999/en/56364
- 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.

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