{"id":32799,"date":"2026-04-23T08:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32799"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:26:11","slug":"six-plead-not-guilty-in-alleged-plot-to-overthrow-nigerias-president","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/six-plead-not-guilty-in-alleged-plot-to-overthrow-nigerias-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Six plead not guilty in alleged plot to overthrow Nigeria\u2019s President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Six people, including a retired Major General and a serving Police Inspector, have pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The accused appeared before the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the court ordered that they remain in the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS), the country\u2019s domestic intelligence agency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Court documents also name former Governor and former Oil Minister Timipre Sylva as a suspected conspirator. However, he is reportedly still at large.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The case follows months of speculation about a possible coup attempt, which first surfaced in October 2025 when authorities abruptly cancelled a planned military parade marking Nigeria\u2019s 65th Independence Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors allege the group conspired to overthrow the government, though details of the alleged plot have yet to be fully disclosed in court.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20354,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32799","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Six people have pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu in Nigeria","published_date":"2026-04-23 08:25:41","news_description":"Six people have pleaded not guilty to charges of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu in Nigeria","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32800,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32799\/revisions\/32800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}