Nigeria, May 6 -- Zekeri Umoru, one of the six men facing coup charges before the Federal High Court in Abuja, denied on Tuesday knowledge of any plan to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

Mr Umoru, who is the fourth defendant, said in a video recording played in court Tuesday that he was "misled" into believing he was dealing with a businessman involved in legitimate work.

Another of the defendants, Bukar Kashim Goni, who is an Islamic cleric, denied knowledge of the coup attempt in another video recording also played in court on Tuesday.

The recordings captured the interrogations of the defendants by security operatives.

For his part, Mr Umoru said Ahmed Ibrahim, a police inspector and co-defendant in the trial, introduced him t...