The Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa, says he was one of the targets of a coup plot and was meant to be shot by the orchestrators.
General Musa spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, days after the military said some of the sixteen officers arrested last October will face trial over an attempt to overthrow President Bola Tinubu.
“I was also a target, I am sure you know,” the minister, who is a Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), said on the show.
“I was supposed to be arrested, and if I refused, I was supposed to be shot,” he added.
In October, the military arrested “sixteen officers over acts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations”.
But last week, authorities said “findings have identified a number of the officers with allegations of plotting to overthrow the government, which is inconsistent with the ethics, values, and professional standards required of members of the AFN.”
“Accordingly, those with cases to answer will be formally arraigned before an appropriate military judicial panel to face trial in accordance with the Armed Forces Act and other applicable service regulations,” the Director, Major General, Samaila Uba, said in a statement.
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