DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS RELEASES NAMES of 16 OFFICERS INDICTED IN PLOT TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT TINUBU

DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS RELEASES NAMES of 16 OFFICERS INDICTED IN PLOT TO OVERTHROW PRESIDENT TINUBU

Below are the full names and ranks of the indicted officers:

1. Brigadier General Musa Abubakar Sadiq: alleged leader of the plot
(Nasarawa, 44th Regular Course)

2. Colonel M. A. Ma’aji (Niger, 47th Regular Course)

3. Lieutenant Colonel S. Bappah (Bauchi, 56th Regular Course)

4. Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Hayatu (Kaduna, 56th Regular Course)

5. Lieutenant Colonel Dangnan (Plateau, 56th Regular Course)

6. Lieutenant Colonel M. Almakura (Nasarawa, 56th Regular Course)

7. Major A. J. Ibrahim (Gombe, 56th Regular Course)

8. Major M. M. Jiddah (Katsina, 56th Regular Course)

9. Major M. A. Usman (Federal Capital Territory, 60th Regular Course)

10. Major D. Yusuf (Gombe, 59th Regular Course)

11. Major I. Dauda (Jigawa, DSSC 38)

12. Captain I. Bello (DSSC 43)

13. Captain A. A. Yusuf

14. Lieutenant S. S. Felix (DSSC)

15. Lieutenant Commander D. B. Abdullahi (Nigerian Navy)

16. Squadron Leader S. B. Adamu (Nigerian Air Force)

Most of the officers are drawn from the Infantry, Signals and Ordnance Corps of the Armed Forces.