Nigeria, Oct. 18 -- The Nigerian military authorities have set up a panel to investigate about 20 officers detained over an alleged plot to overthrow President Bola Tinubu.

Sahara Reporters newspaper broke the news that 16 officers, including a brigadier general and a colonel, were arrested in late September following intelligence that they were holding secret meetings and expressing discontent with the administration.

"The report is true," a military source familiar with the matter said to PREMIUM TIMES after the report. "More have been picked up since the initial arrests."

The source said the officers allegedly planned a bloody pustch in which some top government officials were marked for assassination.

"The alleged coup plotters ha...