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Nigeria: A Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) involvement in a prison escape in March 1998 in Port Harcourt, which involved death of prison guards

Publisher Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada
Author Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada
Publication Date 1 November 1998
Citation / Document Symbol NGA30447.E
Cite as Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Nigeria: A Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) involvement in a prison escape in March 1998 in Port Harcourt, which involved death of prison guards, 1 November 1998, NGA30447.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad1e54.html [accessed 30 May 2023]
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No reports of a Movement for the Survival of Ogoni People (MOSOP) involvement in a prison escape in March 1998 in  Port Harcourt, in which prison guards were killed, could be found among the sources consulted by the Research Directorate.

 This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the Research Directorate within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum. Please see below the list of sources consulted in researching this Information request.

Sources Consulted

Africa Confidential [London]. March-April 1998. Vol. 39. Nos. 5-8.

Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Cultural and Social Series [Oxford]. Vol. 35. Nos. 2-5.

New African [London]. March-June 1998. Nos. 361-364.

Resource Centre. Country File. Nigeria. March-April 1996.

West Africa [London]. March-May 1998. Nos. 4186-4190.

Electronic sources: LEXIS/NEXIS, Internet, World News Connection (WNC).

Copyright notice: This document is published with the permission of the copyright holder and producer Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB). The original version of this document may be found on the offical website of the IRB at http://www.irb-cisr.gc.ca/en/. Documents earlier than 2003 may be found only on Refworld.

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