Nigeria, April 22 -- The Nigerian government on Wednesday arraigned a retired army general and five others over an alleged failed coup against President Bola Tinubu.

The six men pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all 13 charges preferred against them before the Federal High Court in Abuja.

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, Bukar Kashim Goni, and Abdulkadir Sani, who is a Zaria, Kaduna State-based Islamic cleric.

After the defendants entered their plea of not-guilty during the proceedings, which did not start until about 1.40 p,m. on Wednesday, th...