Coup Plot: I Was Unknowingly Drawn Into Scheme Against Tinubu Government -Villa Worker
A witness testimony presented in court has shed new light on the ongoing trial of individuals accused of plotting to violently overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration, with one of the defendants, Zekeri Umoru, claiming he was unknowingly drawn into the alleged conspiracy through contacts inside the Presidential Villa. Umoru, the fourth defendant and a maintenance worker at the Presidential Villa employed through Julius Berger Nigeria, told investigators in a recorded extra-judicial statement that his involvement began in May 2025 after he was introduced to key individuals through Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, attached to the Presidential Clinic. According to his account, Ibrahim…
