Contemporary revelations have surfaced within the ongoing probe into the alleged coup plot towards President Bola Tinubu’s authorities, indicating that an officer of the Nigerian Air Pressure lately posted to the Workplace of the Nationwide Safety Adviser (ONSA) was allegedly assigned to assassinate the Nationwide Safety Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
In line with credible navy sources, the officer recognized as Squadron Chief S.B. Adamu, with service quantity NAF/3481, hails from Jigawa State. He was deployed to the Nationwide Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), a strategic programme coordinated by ONSA, simply 4 weeks earlier than the suspected coup try was uncovered.
Opposite to claims that a number of suspects had been linked to ONSA, investigators have clarified that Adamu was the one officer straight linked to the workplace by his current posting to the NCTC.
As well as, the deployment of Squadron Chief Adamu raised considerations inside the safety structure. It was learnt that in August 2025, when Main Common Adamu Garba Laka, the Nationwide Coordinator of the NCTC, requested for a particular officer to be deployed to the centre; his request was inexplicably turned down.
As a substitute, Squadron Chief Adamu was despatched to the workplace, a improvement that continues to lift eyebrows within the Ongoing Probe. A senior official near the matter revealed that investigators are presently trying into the circumstances across the deployment with a purpose to determine the extent of infiltration.
Sources reveal that the squadron chief was allegedly tasked with eliminating Nuhu Ribadu, whereas different officers concerned within the alleged plot had been assigned to focus on numerous senior officers inside the Tinubu administration.
Sources mentioned the officer is presently in custody and is cooperating with investigators, offering essential particulars concerning the nature and scope of the plot.
Defence Headquarters Reacts
The Defence Headquarters has but to concern an official assertion confirming the alleged assassination plot. Nonetheless, in a press launch following the preliminary report of the arrests, Brigadier Common Tukur Gusau, Director of Defence Data, acknowledged that the present investigation involving 16 navy officers was a “routine inside course of” meant to make sure self-discipline and uphold professionalism inside the ranks.