EXCLUSIVE: Coup suspect called President Tinubu ‘scared’ after Independence Day parade was cancelled
A Nigerian Navy lieutenant commander standing trial over an alleged coup plot admitted sending a message describing President Bola Tinubu as “scared” after the cancellation of the 1 October Independence Day parade.
The admission was in a statement written by the 38-year-old officer from Kogi State, Bayawo Abdullahi, where he acknowledged sending a WhatsApp message to the coup leader, Mohammed Ma’aji, a Nigerian Army colonel, shortly after the annual parade was called off.
Ma’aji after the 1 October parade was cancelled,” Mr Abdullahi stated, recalling his message: “The man has cancelled the parade; the bagger is scared.
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