{"id":15960,"date":"2026-01-26T21:19:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15960"},"modified":"2026-01-26T21:19:28","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T21:19:28","slug":"nigeria-to-charge-military-officers-over-alleged-coup-plot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=15960","title":{"rendered":"Nigeria to charge military officers over alleged coup plot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<div class=\"news--published-info\">\n<p>Nigeria will charge several officers over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu after the military acknowledged for the first time that 16 soldiers arrested in October were suspected of planning a coup.<\/p>\n<p>The military said on Monday that its findings had identified several of those detained as being linked to the alleged plot, after they were initially arrested for \u201cacts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<article>The officers \u201cwith cases to answer\u201d will be \u201cformally arraigned before the appropriate military judicial panel to face trial\u201d, the statement said, without giving details on how many officers will be charged or when proceedings will begin.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Attempting to overthrow a government is considered treason, an offence punishable by penalties ranging from life imprisonment to the death penalty, though executions are rarely carried out.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Africa\u2019s most populous nation has a long history of military coups, many of them bloody, but has been under civilian rule since 1999. In that time, several neighbouring countries have experienced military takeovers, with Nigeria recently deploying its armed forces to help quell an attempted putsch in Benin.<\/p>\n<p>Tinubu, who came to power in May 2023 after winning a tightly contested election, is due to complete his first four-year term in May next year and is expected to seek re-election in polls likely to be held in February 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 Bloomberg L.P.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#Nigeria #charge #military #officers #alleged #coup #plot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigeria will charge several of&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1141,6507,10569,1136,5986,10167,9495],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15960"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}