Nigeria, July 30 -- A Nigerian Army officer has told investigators how he lost confidence in the prospect of the alleged 2025 coup plot, saying he was discouraged by the alleged mastermind's promiscuity and over-reliance on traditional spiritualists and Islamic clerics.

The accounts are contained in the extrajudicial statement investigators obtained from Shamsuddeen Bappah, a serving lieutenant colonel and officer of the Nigerian Army Signals Corps.

The statement is among over 7,400 pages of documents investigators gathered for the prosecution of the suspects linked to the alleged plot at the General Court Martial convened by the military, and the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The piles of confidential files contain the statements of se...