Nigeria, Oct. 30 -- As military investigators continue probing the foiled coup plot against President Bola Tinubu's administration, PREMIUM TIMES has exclusively obtained details of the identities of 16 of the top military officers allegedly involved in the failed attempt.

Sources with details of the ongoing investigations earlier told this medium that 14 of the 16 detained officers with regards to the coup plot are from the Nigerian Army. The remaining two, they said, are from the Navy and the Air Force.

According to our sources, 12 of the 14 army officers belong to the Infantry Corps, the army's frontline combat unit whose troops primarily engage in ground battles. One officer is from the Signals Corps, which manages military communic...