Nigeria, April 22 -- One of the six defendants charged yet over an alleged failed plot to overthrow the President Bola Tinubu administration arrived early for the arraignment scheduled for Wednesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja,

Abdulkadir Sani, a Zaria, Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric, arrived in court at about 9 a.m.

Others are expected to arrive before the proceedings kicks off before Judge Joyce Abdulmalik at 12 p.m.

They include Mohammed Ibrahim Gana, a retired major-general, and Erasmus Ochegobia Victor, a retired navy captain.

The rest are Ahmed Ibrahim, a police inspector; Zekeri Umoru, an electrician at the Presidential Villa, and Bukar Kashim Goni

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