Following the alleged military coup masterminded to remove president Bola Ahmed Tinubu from office, the military intelligence has arrested the Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Samuel Ogbuku for allegedly co-sponsoring the failed coup.
According to sources from military intelligence, the MD was arrested for allegedly transferring a huge sum of money to a former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, who was allegedly fingered as one of the financiers of the purported move to change the government.
The reports said, the investigators believe the funds were meant to finance the coup in order to overthrow president Bola Tinubu.
According to the Punch report, “The MD transferred a huge sum of money to Sylva. Investigators are working on the theory that the fund transfer was connected to the coup. He is presently answering questions about what the money was meant for.”
Recall, 16 officers were accused of planning a coup to overthrow president Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
According to SaharaReporters quoting an unnamed official.
“The military authorities were just being diplomatic in the statement released by the spokesperson. They have started holding secret meetings on how to overthrow the President and other top government officials,”