Who was assassinated in Lagos in 1986 during Babangida's regime?
Dele Giwa
M.K.O Abiola
Tunde Idiagbon
None of the Above
Answer
Dele Giwa was a Nigerian journalist and editor of Newswatch magazine who was assassinated by a parcel bomb in Lagos in 1986. He was a vocal critic of the military government of Ibrahim Babangida and his death was widely seen as an attempt to silence dissent.
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