Coup plot: DSS arraigns five associates of ex-Gov Silva

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arraigned five associates of former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Silva, before the Federal High Court in Abuja on charges of concealing information about the whereabouts of their principal, who has been declared wanted over an alleged coup plot against President Bola Tinubu.
Silva, a former governor of Bayelsa State, has been declared wanted by the federal government, with his identified properties marked for forfeiture following his indictment as the alleged sponsor and mastermind of the coup attempt.
The five defendants — Reuben Ayuba, Musa Mohammed, Friday Paul, Paganengigha Anagaha and Ayebaifife Suobite — were...