Linda talks with U.S. Ambassador to Nigeria Walter Carrington about the investigation into the killing of Nigeria opposition leader Moshood Abiola's (ma-SHOOD ah-bee-OH-la) wife. He says it was clearly an assassination, but the individuals involved...and the motive behind the killing...remain a mystery. Carrington says that the US and other countries should continue to try to bring the military government into line by enacting sanctions, but that events like this feed fears that Nigeria faces further instability.
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