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After the return to civilian rule, by-elections were held ( beginning in autumn 1968 ) and an all-APC cabinet was appointed.

Calm was not completely restored.

In November 1968, unrest in the provinces led Stevens to declare a state of emergency.

Brigadier General Bangura, who had reinstated Stevens as Prime Minister, was widely considered the only person who could put the brakes on Stevens.

The army was devoted to Bangura, and it was believed, in some quarters, that this made him potentially dangerous to Steven's.

In January 1970, Bangura was arrested and charged with conspiracy and plotting to commit a coup against the Stevens government.

After a trial that lasted a few months, he was convicted and hanged On 29 March 1970 in Freetown.