Security Agencies Uncover Plot to Stage Protest Against President Tinubu, NSA Ribadu

Nigeria’s security agencies have reportedly uncovered a plan by some opposition politicians to organise protests in Sokoto and other northern states against President Bola Tinubu and National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu.

Fresh intelligence reports made available to journalists on Friday showed that a former Senator is the main arrowhead of the plot.

The group is allegedly working to discredit NSA, Nuhu Ribadu and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, by falsely linking them to bandit groups and using a Sokoto-based militia to trigger violent protests.

Sources say a northern governor is strongly backing the plan and providing funding, determined to paint the federal security team as incompetent and force the removal of both Ribadu and Matawalle.

Security operatives detected the scheme this week, monitored several planning meetings in Gusau and Abuja, blocked funding channels, and quietly disrupted the operation.

No arrest has been made, but all the key figures are now under close surveillance.

The key figures are now being monitored by security agencies to track their key sources of funding.