Defendants Enter a Not Guilty Plea on the 2025 Coup Plot in Nigeria
As the first prosecutions for the purported 2025 putsch attempt begin, Nigerian media reported on Wednesday that six men entered not guilty pleas to accusations of treason and terrorism related to a failed coup plot.
Before declaring in January that it had thwarted a plot to topple the government, the government had first denied the existence of the purported coup attempt. If it had been successful, the most populous nation in Africa would have ended 25 years of democracy.
Six civilians, including a former major general, were charged in the plan in the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, according to the government. Additionally, the military is scheduled to try a number of officers in ongoing proceedings. The six individuals entered not-guilty pleas at their initial court appearance, according to local media on Wednesday. On April 27, the trial will resume.
AFP was one of about a dozen journalists whose access to the court was restricted by security, including correspondents for the BBC, Deutsche Welle, Reuters, and Nigerian media. The Federal High Court’s security personnel regularly deny journalists access on spurious grounds.
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