The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has confirmed that he was among the individuals targeted for arrest or assassination in the foiled coup plot uncovered by Nigerian security agencies.
Speaking during Sunday Politics, a Channels TV programme, Mr Musa, a retired Nigerian Army general, disclosed that intelligence gathered during investigations showed he had been specifically listed as a target by the coup plotters.
“I was supposed to be arrested, and if I refused, I was supposed to be shot,” he said on Sunday.
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