The Federal Government is set to arraign Paganengigha Anagha, younger brother of former petroleum minister, Timipre Sylva, alongside three others over their alleged involvement in a purported 2025 coup plot against President Bola Tinubu.
The arraignment is scheduled to take place on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Abuja, where Anagha will be docked alongside Sylva’s driver, Musa Mohammed, a plainclothes police operative, Ayuba Reuben, and an escort driver, Friday Lusa Paul.
Although details of the charges were yet to be officially disclosed as of press time, sources within the office of the Attorney General of the Federation confirmed that the defendants would be presented before Court 12.
The development marks a fresh twist in the high-profile investigation into an alleged failed coup attempt said to have targeted the Tinubu administration in late 2025.
Timipre Sylva, a former governor of Bayelsa State, had earlier been linked to the plot, with security sources alleging that large sums of money traced to him were channelled into the operation.
Authorities had claimed that between hundreds of millions and tens of billions of naira were allegedly mobilised in support of the scheme.
The allegations intensified in October 2025 when operatives, including personnel of the Defence Intelligence Agency, reportedly carried out coordinated raids on Sylva’s residences in Abuja and Bayelsa, leading to the arrest of Anagha and others now facing trial.
At the time, Sylva was said to be outside the country and was reportedly moving across different locations abroad.
Investigators also linked the alleged plot to the detention of about 16 military officers accused of holding clandestine meetings aimed at overthrowing the civilian government.
However, Sylva has consistently denied any involvement in the alleged conspiracy.
His media aide, Julius Bokoru, described the accusations as politically motivated, insisting that his principal remained a committed democrat.
“Chief Timipre Sylva has no connection whatsoever with any coup plot. His record as a democrat is well known,” the aide said, adding that the former minister was abroad for medical reasons.
In a related development, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in November 2025 declared Sylva wanted over a separate $14.8 million fraud investigation.
The outcome of Tuesday’s arraignment is expected to shed more light on the allegations as the government moves to prosecute those linked to the controversial plot.