00:00But first, a group of Nigerian officers are set to be tried for allegedly plotting
00:05to overthrow President Bullitt Tanubu.
00:07When the 16 were arrested last year, the...
00:10Rumors of a coup were officially denied at the time.
00:13Nigeria has seen several military...
00:15power grabs in the past, but has been under democratic rule for almost 30 years.
00:19It's currently...
00:20leading regional efforts to stop military takeovers in West Africa, but now has to...
00:25turn the spotlight onto its own military.
00:27Our Sam Olokoya breaks it all down for us.
00:30Military spokesman General Samay Laouba said...
00:35After a comprehensive investigation, some arrested officers have been identified...
00:40with allegations of plotting to overthrow the government.
00:43The military says...
00:45Those suspected of involvement in the coup plot will face a court-martial.
00:49It is...
00:50This is the first confirmation from the Nigerian army that some officers have been arrested.
00:55for plotting to overthrow the government.
00:57Both the military and the Nigerian government...
01:00denied reports in October last year that some officers have been arrested in...
01:05connection with the coup plot.
01:06Since independence from Britain in 1960...
01:10Nigeria's democratic process has been repeatedly halted by military coup...
01:15rules until 1999, when the country returned to stable democratic rule.
01:20Reports of the coup plot come in the wake of recent military takeovers.
01:25in some other West African countries like Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso...
01:30and Niger.
01:31Nigeria is leading the regional body, ECOWAS, in effort...
01:35to restore democratic rule in the affected countries.
01:38Last December...
01:40Nigeria deployed its air force planes to quell a coup attempt in neighboring...
01:45the German Republic of Benet.
01:46A military takeover in Nigeria will substantially weaken...
01:50the country's led regional effort to stop coups in West Africa or to return...
01:55countries currently under military rule to democratic governments.
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