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How suspected coup plotters planned to kill Tinubu, Shettima, other top officials – Premium Times

Top intelligence sources have revealed how some disgruntled military officers allegedly planned a coup to overthrow President Bola Tinubu in a plot that security officials describe as one of the most audacious threats to Nigeria’s democracy.

PREMIUM TIMES had reported how about 20 officers were arrested and detained for planning to stage the coup.

A top military source familiar with the development told this newspaper that the plot caused tension in the government, forcing the presidency to cancel the National Independence Day parade usually done on 1 October.

However, an investigative panel has been set up to probe the officers involved.

25th October
According to insider accounts, the coup planners scheduled 25 October to strike.

“That was the tentative date,” the source said. “If things did not work out that day, they will continue plotting.”

The Independence Day parade would have been observed, according to our sources.

“The parade could have been held since the arrests were made before 01 October, but the government did not want to take risk since it was a military ceremony,” another officer said.

There are no clear details about the identities of the officers involved yet.

‘Tinubu, Shettima , others targeted for assasination’

Key officials targeted for assasination include President Tinubu, Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, Speaker of the House of Representatives Tajudeen Abbas, our source said.

“There are other people targeted,” the source noted. “But those are the key targets.”

“They also planned to arrest top military officers, including the service chiefs,” he continued. “They did not want to kill them.”

The coup planners wanted to assassinate these officials simultaneously. “They were targeting the day that all of them would be in the country. Wherever they were, they would be assassinated,” he added.

Our source said the plotters worked with informants in the Presidential Villa and around those marked for assasination.

“They have people in the villa that monitor movements of these officials,” he said. “They wanted to kill them at the same time and install a military government.”

Neither the presidency nor the military has commented about this development, but the plot created tension both in the government and military ranks.

In a statement dated 4 October, the Defence Headquarters spokesperson Tukur Gusau, a brigadier-general, said the arrested officers “were being investigated for indiscipline and breach of service regulations.”

Mr Gusau added that preliminary findings indicated that the officers’ grievances stemmed from “career stagnation and failure in promotion examinations.”

Floky215:
It would have been one of the most happiest day in Nigeria and for Nigerians....

CoronaVirusPro:
How can humans ever envisage of planning a coup against the demigod without him knowing before hand.

The problem with humans is that, they always fail to acknowledge the powers, reach dominance and political tentacles of His Excellency, President Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu (GCFR)

It’s okay to be inspired by others that might have happened in Africa, but not okay when you fail to acknowledge the force you up against in your own case.

Toruibestate:
Why Military Coup Is Hard in Nigeria


I once asked a recently retired Major General in the Nigerian Army why coups no longer happen easily in Nigeria. He explained that things changed drastically after the attempted coup that nearly claimed the life of former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida.


According to him, the military intelligence system was completely overhauled after that incident. It became so advanced, sophisticated, and deeply embedded across all security units that planning or executing a coup today is almost impossible without being detected early.


That’s why, since that time, Nigeria hasn’t witnessed a single successful coup.


@Ditari of Ijaw.

Toruibestate:
Why Military Coup Is Hard in Nigeria


I once asked a recently retired Major General in the Nigerian Army why coups no longer happen easily in Nigeria. He explained that things changed drastically after the attempted coup that nearly claimed the life of former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida.


According to him, the military intelligence system was completely overhauled after that incident. It became so advanced, sophisticated, and deeply embedded across all security units that planning or executing a coup today is almost impossible without being detected early.


That’s why, since that time, Nigeria hasn’t witnessed a single successful coup.


@Ditari of Ijaw.

seunmsg:
Any coup at this point will be the end of Nigeria.

Floky215:
It would have been one of the most happiest day in Nigeria and for Nigerians....

Floky215:
It would have been one of the most happiest day in Nigeria and for Nigerians....