🇳🇬 Nigeria 11h ago · Idowu Isamotu

Court bars journalists from covering trial of alleged coup plotters

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, asked journalists covering the trial of six alleged coup plotters accused of attempting to overthrow President Bola Tinubu’s administration to vacate the court room.
Although the reasons for barring journalists from covering the proceedings were not disclosed, a court official, who did not identify himself, told reporters that the directive came from the judge.
Court officials, backed by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), direc

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