Colonel Ma'aji Had A 3-Point Agenda To Win Us Over With Fuel Subsidy Reversal

Premium Times just dropped the full gist on Colonel Mohammed Ma'aji's alleged coup plot and the man actually had a whole agenda written down in a jotter like he was planning a student union election. His number one priority was to set up a committee to review fuel subsidy removal — the same subsidy Tinubu removed in May 2023 that has been choking us since. He also wanted to review salaries for all armed forces and security agencies, plus give national awards to fallen heroes.

The crazy part is the man wrote 20 motivational quotes to keep himself going, including one that says 'Money is the great way to lubricate the wheels of a coup d'état.' He even quoted Albert Einstein. So these people were sitting down writing quotes like 'All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them' while planning to overthrow a government. The EFCC did forensic analysis on the note and Ma'aji admitted in his statement that 80% of officers and soldiers are already disgruntled with how the government is treating them.

So the question is — if a soldier felt he needed to overthrow the government just to fix military welfare and reverse fuel subsidy, what does that say about how bad things really are for ordinary Nigerians? Because nobody plans a coup over small thing.