Nigerian officers to face trial over coup-plot allegations

A group of officers in Nigeria are set to face a military court after being accused of “plotting to overthrow the government” of President Bola Tinubu last year, an armed forces’ statement has said. 

Sixteen officers were arrested last October after what were described as “acts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations”. 

At the time the military dismissed rumours of an attempted coup, but following an investigation, the authorities have acknowledged that some of the 16 will go before a military judicial panel. 

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