EXCLUSIVE: How alleged coup leader’s hidden motivation led him into arrest trap
READ ALSO: EXCLUSIVE: How alleged coup plotters planned to recruit repentant Boko Haram, civilian JTF members The Defence Headquarters later acknowledged that there had been an alleged plot to oust Mr Tinubu’s government and announced that the implicated serving officers would face military judicial panels.
Since 2023, Mohammed Ma’aji, a Nigerian Army colonel and the alleged leader of a thwarted coup plot against President Bola Tinubu’s administration, had been seeking promotion to the rank of brigadier general.
His arrest Mr Ma’aji was arrested on 29 September after military authorities exploited his desire for promotion as bait to lure him into a meeting.
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