It's a waste of time to plan a coup in Nigeria, says the defence minister.

 Insisting that democracy is still far superior than military power, Nigeria's Minister of Defense, Christopher Musa, has said that any attempt to launch a coup would be pointless.

According to the minister, officers who were allegedly planning to topple President Bola Tinubu's administration lacked support and would have faced opposition from regular Nigerians in the absence of military action.

In an interview with Arise News on Friday, Musa discussed the impending court martial of officers suspected of being involved in the purported October 2025 coup plot.

He declared, "Anyone who plans a coup is wasting his time." "Any military regime is substantially inferior than democracy. This is a chance to demonstrate to the younger ones that a coup is unprofitable. The minister called the alleged plotters "confused individuals" who tricked subordinate officers into getting into trouble. 

"When I looked at the folks involved, I shook my head because they were just a bunch of confused people who exposed extremely junior officers who didn't know their left from their right and now put them in this situation. It's very regrettable," he remarked.

He said that if the accused plotters had tried to carry out their schemes, even citizens would have confronted them.

They would have been defeated even by Nigerian people. Therefore, I believe that doing what they wanted to do was plain careless," he continued.

"The military leadership always felt saddened whenever personnel found themselves in such situations," Musa said, expressing sympathy for the junior officers on trial.

In an interview with Arise News on Friday, Musa discussed the impending court martial of officers suspected of being involved in the purported October 2025 coup plot.

The minister stated that the accused cops were being given a fair chance to defend themselves and that due process was being followed in the current case.

"The inquiry was extremely comprehensive. The court martial will proceed as scheduled, and the prosecution is now proceeding. We are providing them with every advantage they need to protect themselves.

However, the reality on the ground is really evident, and I can assure you that we are according to every procedure. Nothing is concealed, he declared.

Additionally, the minister insisted that there was no reason for a coup attempt, claiming that the current administration had provided sufficient support for the military services.

"They had no justification for acting in that way. Everything in the country was going great. The military has received excellent attention. Our salaries have never caused us any problems.

"We've even tried to raise our allowances. "Our troops are doing pretty well," he continued.