Nigeria’s military will try several officers over an alleged plan to oust President Bola Tinubu last year, it said on Monday (January 26, 2026), acknowledging a plot the government had initially denied.
In October, the military said 16 officers had been arrested over “issues of indiscipline”.
Despite official denials, sources across the Nigerian Government and military had told AFP they were arrested over a coup plot.
If successful, this would have brought an end to a quarter-century of democracy in Africa’s most populous country.
“The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) wishes to inform the general public that investigations into the matter have been concluded,” Major General Samaila Uba, a spokesman for the Defence Headquarters, said in a statement on Monday (January 26).
