Six people in Nigeria, including a retired major general and a serving police inspector, have been charged with treason for attempting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu in a coup last year.
The charges were filed by the Attorney General at the Federal High Court in the capital, Abuja, where the defendants are due to appear before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik today.
A seventh person – a former governor and one-time oil minister, Timipre Sylva – was also named but the court documents said he was still at large.
Rumours of the coup plot first surfaced in October last year when the government abruptly cancelled a planned military parade to mark Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary.
At the time, officials cited security threats – but speculation quickly linked the cancellation to a possible coup plot.
By BBC
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