{"id":98748,"date":"2026-04-30T15:06:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:06:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=98748"},"modified":"2026-04-30T15:06:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T15:06:31","slug":"alleged-coup-plot-secret-notes-money-trails-and-midnight-meetings-uncovered-in-abuja-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=98748","title":{"rendered":"ALLEGED COUP PLOT: Secret Notes, Money Trails and Midnight Meetings Uncovered in Abuja Court"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A courtroom drama unfolded on Wednesday at the Federal High Court as prosecutors laid bare what they described as a chilling and meticulously planned attempt to overthrow the government of President Bola Tinubu.<\/p>\n

At the heart of the testimony was a masked witness \u2014 identified only as \u201cAAA\u201d \u2014 a soldier from the Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police, who told the court how a web of secret meetings, coded messages and suspicious financial transactions allegedly pointed to a coup plot in motion.<\/p>\n

According to the witness, the story began with a whisper of intelligence.<\/p>\n

That whisper reached the desk of the then Chief of Army Staff, General O. O. Oluyede, who, after reviewing the report, deemed it credible enough to trigger a full-scale investigation. What followed, the court heard, was a swift operation that led to the arrest of a central figure \u2014 Colonel M. A. Ma\u2019aji.<\/p>\n

From that moment, investigators say the plot began to unravel.<\/p>\n

A search of the colonel\u2019s residence yielded what the witness described as a \u201ctelling discovery\u201d – a simple jotter. But its contents, he said, were anything but ordinary. Inside were alleged operational plans, names of top government officials, and even a list of officers marked for assassination.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt detailed not just actions,\u201d the witness testified, \u201cbut a vision of what the country would look like after the takeover.\u201d<\/p>\n

More revelations came from the colonel\u2019s mobile phone. Forensic analysts, the court heard, uncovered encrypted communications, shared code words among alleged conspirators, and links connecting several of the six defendants.<\/p>\n

Even more striking were the financial trails.<\/p>\n

The witness alleged that funds flowed through multiple channels, including a company identified as Purple Wave, which investigators believe served as a conduit for financing the operation. Bank records presented in court showed a rapid sequence of withdrawals \u2014 tens of millions of naira at a time \u2014 totaling hundreds of millions within just weeks in September and October 2025.<\/p>\n

Some transactions, though labeled as routine business payments, were, according to investigators, anything but.<\/p>\n

One \u20a6100 million transfer described as payment for clearing debris along a coastal corridor was, the witness claimed, diverted to support the alleged plot.<\/p>\n

The courtroom grew tense as the witness described a series of clandestine meetings in Abuja locations, including Green Land Apartment and BrookVille Hotel. There, he said, the accused and others allegedly gathered to discuss what he termed \u201canti-government rhetoric\u201d and the need for regime change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey didn\u2019t just talk,\u201d he said. \u201cThey planned.\u201d<\/p>\n

Targets were allegedly identified \u2014 including military barracks housing senior officers \u2014 and strategies mapped out to seize key roads and infrastructure. Roles were assigned, agencies envisioned, and even post-coup appointments discussed, the court heard.<\/p>\n

In one of the more unusual claims, the witness alleged that some participants engaged in \u201cconsultations and divination\u201d as part of preparations, receiving funds for the purpose.<\/p>\n

Investigators also traced the purchase of vehicles allegedly being modified for tactical use \u2014 vehicles later recovered, the court was told.<\/p>\n

As proceedings continued, prosecutors submitted bank records, hotel receipts, and digital extracts from the colonel\u2019s phone as evidence. Defence lawyers objected at several points, particularly over the admissibility of audio-visual recordings of statements made by the accused.<\/p>\n

Justice Joyce Abdulmalik ruled that while some documents would be admitted, the prosecution must first provide the defence with copies of the recordings before they could be played in court.<\/p>\n

Earlier witnesses from three banks \u2014 Jaiz Bank, SunTrust Bank, and Providus Bank \u2014 had presented account statements linked to the defendants and associated companies, further anchoring the prosecution\u2019s claims of a financial network behind the alleged conspiracy.<\/p>\n

Despite the weight of the allegations, the defence maintains its objections, signaling that the legal battle ahead will be fiercely contested.<\/p>\n

The trial, now on an accelerated track, has been adjourned to May 4 and 5, when the fourth prosecution witness is expected to continue testimony.<\/p>\n

For now, the court – and the nation\u00a0 – watches closely as a case unfolds that, if proven, could rank among the most consequential security trials in recent Nigerian history.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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A courtroom drama unfolded on Wednesday at the Federal High Court as prosecutors laid bare what they described as a chilling and meticulously planned attempt to overthrow the government of President Bola Tinubu. At the heart of the testimony was a masked witness \u2014 identified only as \u201cAAA\u201d \u2014 a soldier from the Nigerian Army […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":95242,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[913,3168,3352,8294],"class_list":["post-98748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-abuja","tag-coup","tag-officers","tag-purple-wave"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/95242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}