FAILED COUP: DHQ Releases Names, Ranks of Suspected Officers 

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has made public the names and ranks of the officers reasonably suspected to have been involved in the failed attempt to overthrow the government of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

They are: 

1) Brigadier General Musa Abubakar Sadiq (Nasarawa, 44th Regular Course)

2) Colonel M. A. Ma’aji (Niger, 47th Regular Course)

3) Lieutenant Colonel S. Bappah (Bauchi, 56th Regular Course)

4) Lieutenant Colonel A. A. Hayatu (Kaduna, 56th Regular Course)

5) Lieutenant Colonel Dangnan (Plateau, 56th Regular Course)

6) Lieutenant Colonel M. Almakura (Nasarawa, 56th Regular Course)

7) Major A. J. Ibrahim (Gombe, 56th Regular Course)

8) Major M. M. Jiddah (Katsina, 56th Regular Course)

9) Major M. A. Usman (Federal Capital Territory, 60th Regular Course)

10) Major D. Yusuf (Gombe, 59th Regular Course)

11) Major I. Dauda (Jigawa, DSSC 38)

12) Captain I. Bello (DSSC 43)

13) Captain A. A. Yusuf

14) Lieutenant S. S. Felix (DSSC)

15) Lieutenant Commander D. B. Abdullahi (Nigerian Navy)

16) Squadron Leader S. B. Adamu (Nigerian Air Force)

The authorities confirmed, on Monday, that the 16 military officers were arrested over acts of indiscipline and breaches of service regulations, with some of them set to face Military Judicial Panels.

The Director of Defence Information, Maj.-Gen. Samaila Uba, who confirmed this in Abuja,

said the panel set up to investigate the fingered officers had concluded its assignment and found that several of the officers had cases to answer, and would now face a Military Court-martial, in line with established procedures and extant regulations.

He noted that the actions of the affected officers were inconsistent with the ethics, values and professional standards expected of members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

A breakdown of the list shows that most of the officers are drawn from the Infantry, Signals and Ordnance Corps of the Armed Forces.