FCT, Abuja – The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), said he was a target of the suspected coup plotters who wanted to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Nigerian military had announced that 16 officers arrested in October 2025 would face trial over an alleged coup plot against Tinubu’s government.
Musa said he was among those marked for arrest and to be shot at if he resisted the coup plotters…Read More….>>>
The former Chief of Defence Staff made this known during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, February 1, 2026.
Speaking further, he described the coup plotters as very unserious individuals.
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Recall that the Nigerian Army and Department of State Services (DSS) apprehended over 40 suspects linked to a coup plot against President Tinubu.
Major General Adamu, who has been identified as the key suspect, remains at large among three others.
Investigators have recovered significant arms and vehicles, revealing an elaborate intelligence-gathering operation.
