The Federal Government has filed charges against six individuals, including a retired major general, a retired naval captain, a serving police inspector, and three others, over an alleged plot to “levy war against the state to overawe the President.”
The charges include treason, money laundering, and acts of terrorism.
According to thethenationonlineng.net, the 13-count charge, marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/206/2026, was filed on Monday by the Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation (DPPF), Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), said a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Timipre Sylva, is still at large.
Listed as defendants in the charge are Major General Mohammed Ibrahim Gana (rtd), Captain (NN) Erasmus Ochegobia Victor (rtd), Inspector Ahmed Ibrahim, Zekeri Umoru, Bukar Kashim Goni, and Abdulkadir Sani.
Also, the arraignment of the defendants has been planned for April 22 before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The defendants are, in the charge, accused of offences ranging from treason and terrorism to failure to disclose security intelligence and money laundering linked to terrorism financing.
At the centre of the case is an allegation that the defendants conspired in 2025 to undermine the Nigerian state.
According to the charge, the defendants “conspired with one another to levy war against the state to overawe the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” an offence punishable under Section 37(2) of the Criminal Code.
