National Reformation Council
The National Reformation Council, or NRC, was a group of senior military officers with
the Armed Forces
.
A few days previously, in a
Governor General Henry Josiah Lightfoot Boston, following closely contested general elections. Lansana
acted on the grounds that the determination of office should await the election of the tribal representatives to the house.
The NRC was overthrown in April 1968 by a group of military officers who called themselves the Anti-Corruption Revolutionary Movement (ACRM), led by Brigadier John Amadu Bangura. The ACRM imprisoned senior NRC members, restored the constitution and reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister.
Book reference
- Keen, David (2005). Conflict and Collusion in Sierra Leone. Oxford: James Currey. ISBN 9780852558836.