Nigeria, July 24 -- In September last year, an alleged failed plot to topple President Bola Tinubu's administration unsettled the Nigerian government while officials made spirited efforts to downplay or even dismiss outrightly the conspiracy that reportedly forced a scaled-down 1 October 2025 Independence celebration.

The plot, now subject of ongoing criminal proceedings in both the military and regular courts with serving and retired military officers as well as civilians facing trial, has received wide media coverage.

Many have responded in shock, particularly those who believed coups belonged to the past decades of the dark era of military rule which Nigeria broke from in 1999.

Yet, media coverage up till now has only scratched the ...