The Presidential Guards Brigade has been put on high alert following unusual movements, leading to suspicions of a coup plot in Nigeria. SaharaReporters exclusively learnt on Sunday that the suspicions prompted emergency meetings involving the Commander of the Presidential Guards Brigade, Col. Adebisi Onasanya, President Bola Tinubu and the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila. “The Presidential Guards Brigade was placed on high alert after unusual armoured corps movement spurred coup suspicion,
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A contagion of military coups might be sweeping across Africa, but Nigeria’s armed forces must keep their head and remain firmly committed to democracy. From August 2020 to date, there have been eight successful coups in six African countries: Mali, Guinea, Sudan, Burkina Faso, and most recently Niger Republic and Gabon. In Mali and Burkina Faso,…