FREETOWN - Leaders of the military coup in Sierra Leone want 18 months in power before banding over to an interim body to steer the West African nation to elections, politicians invited for talks with them said yesterday. The politicians, who included members of ousted President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah's administration, said they rejected the suggestion.
State radio reported that the coup leader, Maj Johnny Paul Koromah, had held talks with a Nigerian delegation which assured them that Nigerian forces had no further plans to attack military bases in the city and would not intervene further to reverse the May 25th coup. The politicians dismissed the report as propaganda. Nigeria, which already had troops in the city under a defence agreement, has been steadily reinforcing.
