EXCLUSIVE: What longtime allies reveal about alleged coup leader’s life that shattered their confidence
According to investigators, Mr Bappah admitted attending meetings where the alleged coup was discussed and receiving money from Mohammed Ma’aji, a colonel in the Nigerian Army, whom investigators identified as one of the central figures in the alleged plot.
An earlier part of the PREMIUM TIMES series of exclusive reporting on the coup captured a Nigerian Navy lieutenant commander Bayawo Abdullahi’s doubt about Mr Ma’aji’s capacity to stage the coup.‘Something will happen and the military will take over’ Mr Bappah told investigators that he had known Mr Ma’aji since they were cadets at the Nigerian Defence Academy, where the senior officer later became his instructor and Battalion Adjutant.
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