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DEFENCE HEADQUARTERS SAYS PERSONNEL INDICTED AFTER INVESTIGATIONS INTO ALLEGED MISCONDUCT BY SOME MILITARY OFFICERS, WHICH UNCOVERED CLAIMS OF A PLOT TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT, WILL BE ARRAIGNED BEFORE AN APPROPRIATE MILITARY JUDICIAL PANEL.
SECURITY AND MILITARY SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE MATTER SAID PRESIDENT BOLA TINUBU HAD EXPRESSED CONFIDENCE IN THE MILITARY TO TRY THE INDICTED OFFICERS AND THIS COMES AMID APPEALS BY A PRO-DEMOCRACY GROUP URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER THE HEALTH AND WELFARE OF OFFICERS DETAINED IN CONNECTION WITH THE MATTER.
RECALL THAT IN OCTOBER 2025, THE DHQ ANNOUNCED THE ARREST OF 16 OFFICERS OVER ACTS OF INDISCIPLINE AND BREACHES OF SERVICE REGULATIONS.
MEANWHILE, AT THE TIME, THE THEN DIRECTOR OF DEFENCE INFORMATION, TUKUR GUSAU (RETD), DISMISSED THE REPORT AS AN ATTEMPT TO CREATE TENSION AND DISTRUST, STATING THAT THE MATTER WAS A PURELY INTERNAL DISCIPLINARY ISSUE.
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