Nigeria, May 5 -- Two of the six defendants standing trial over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Ahmed Tinubu admitted on Monday that they knew about the alleged coup plot.

The defendants made the admission in video recordings played at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

The recordings, contained in a hard drive presented by the prosecution, captured separate interview sessions with three defendants - Erasmus Ochegobia Victor, a retired Navy captain, Ahmed Ibrahim, a police inspector, and Mohammed Ibrahim Gana, a retired major-general.

In the footage, Mr Victor and Mr Ibrahim admitted they were aware of the alleged plot but did not report it. Mr Gana denied any knowledge.

The remaining defendants, Zekeri Umoru, Bukar Kashim G...