Journalists were on Monday barred from covering the bail proceedings of six defendants accused of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu’s government.
It was learnt that operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, ordered reporters to leave the courtroom of the Federal High Court in Abuja shortly before the trial judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, took her seat.
The order was said to have come from the judge. The journalists complied and exited the courtroom.
This is coming after heightened public interest in the trial of the six defendants, who were arraigned last Wednesday by the Federal Government over an alleged failed coup.
Those standing trial are: Mohammed Ibrahim Gana, a retired major-general; Erasmus Victor, a retired navy captain; Ahmed Ibrahim, a police inspector; and Zekeri Umoru, an electrician at the Presidential Villa.
Others are Bukar Goni and Abdulkadir Sani, Zaria-based Islamic clerics.
Journalists Barred from Covering Suspected Coup Plotters’ Trial in Abuja
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