The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd. Musa disclosed this on Sunday during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, days after the military announced that 16 officers arrested in October 2025 would face trial over an alleged coup plot. The former Chief of Defence Staff said he became aware that he was listed as a target of the plotters. But again, I think these guys were just a bunch of very unserious individuals that really don’t know. Even without the armed forces, Nigerians would have stood against them.

Source: Punch February 01, 2026 20:04 UTC