bail under the condition that they report, weekly, to the secret police, State Security Services. The Awareness League stated that a “fierce legal and psychological battle” would ensue, that is sufficient enough to enter them into a new stage in the struggle. On July 6, 1993 the Awareness League fully devoted itself to a national membership and further established the officer positions mentioned above. The group also committed to a national education campaign. At this conference the group also noted that Africa does not have the same anarchist presence that many other nations have and that, as an organization, it has a “historical responsibility” in the anarchist movement across the globe. In 1993, much occurred in Nigeria that concerned the Awareness League. First, there was great corruption and general mayhem during the presidential election as the incumbent, Babangida, refused to leave office. Further, in a letter written by the Awareness League in 1993, the group states that they have “suffered severe repression in the hands of military junta of General Ibrahim Babangida”. Subsequently, there were great strikes and protests as the price of petrol was raised by 700%. As a result the military took power once again and, as written by the Awareness League, “A virtual State of Emergency has followed”. The Awareness League came out and openly stated its opposition to the military dictatorship and called for the return of Abiola to the presidency. In August 1993, Sam Mbah and one other member of the Awareness League were arrested for their protests against Babaginda. At the time, Mbah was the coordinator of the Awareness League. However, the two were later released by the interim government. 1996 The Awareness League put together two seminars/political education sessions in 1996. One at Engu and the other at the University of Nsukka. These events were shut down by police and members of the state security service as they deemed the meetings to be illegal and designed to “sabotage the transition of civil rule program of the junta”. In July 1996, the Awareness League and three other organizations organized a peaceful protest in Ibadan in response to the arrests of many activists and journalists that had been imprisoned since November 1993. In December 1996, the IWA secretariat in Madrid Spain sent the Awareness League a letter that official admitted the group into the IWA as the Nigerian section of the IWA. The group stated