Nigeria, Jan. 30 -- As Nigerians prepared for the transfer of power on 29 May 2023, a group of military officers was quietly plotting to overthrow the country's democracy and assassinate key political figures.

PREMIUM TIMES gathered that the coup plotters planned to violently disrupt the handover of power from former President Muhammadu Buhari to President Bola Tinubu.

Our sources said the failed plot was allegedly masterminded by Alhassan Ma'aji, a colonel with service number N/10668. Born on 1st March 1976, the Nupe native from Niger State started training on 18 August 1995 and finished on 16 September 2000.

The coup was initially scheduled for 29 May 2023 during the presidential inauguration. However, the plan was suspended due to i...