Failed coup attempt: Plotters marked down Tinubu, Shettima, other key government players for assassination, investigations reveal

The alleged coup plot to forcibly removed President Bola Tinubu had plan to eliminate him and some other key players in his administration, which include Vice President Kashim Shettima, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Tajudeen Abbas.

Penpushing reports that sources said a covert intelligence operation coordinated by the Army Headquarters and the State Security Service (SSS), thwarted the plot which was designed to be bloody.

The sources added that there are other political leaders targeted for assassination simultaneously, while the plotters also planned to detain senior military officers, including the service chiefs, who they plan not to kill.

Penpushing further reports that the sources added that the plotters were waiting for a day when all of their targets would be in the country, having relied on information on their movement by collaborators within the presidency.

“They have people inside the Villa who monitor the movements of these officials. The plan was to kill them at the same time and install a military government’, the source disclosed.

Penpushing reports that the source added that the plot began to unravel in late September 2025 after an unnamed military officer with direct knowledge of the coup contacted the then Chief of Army Staff, Olufemi Oluyede.

The source said the officer reportedly disclosed the scheme, explaining that he feared being implicated as an accessory to treason if he failed to alert authorities, hence, the military authorities and State Security Service (SSS) embarked on intelligence gathering which bust the plan.

Penpushing further reports that the arrested suspects were detained in the underground holding facility of the Defence Intelligence Agency, as investigation later revealed the role of individual suspects

The sources stated that one of the suspects escaped custody but was rearrested by State Security Service (SSS) operatives in Bauchi, while a retired officer identified as General Adamu and a former governor, Timipre Sylva, accused of bankrolling the coup plotters, remained at large.

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