Recall that there were reports that 16 Nigerian Army officers were detained for allegedly planning a coup d’etat to overthrow President Bola Tinubu.

The report linked the alleged coup to the cancellation of Nigeria’s 65th Independence Day by the Federal Government.

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However, the military, in a statement by the Director of Defence Information, Brig. Gen. Tukur Gusau, denied the report linking the detention of  the16 military officers to a failed coup.

Source: Punch