BREAKING: Court bars journalists from covering suspected coup plotters’ trial
Monday, April 27, 2026
A Federal High Court in Abuja ordered journalists out of the courtroom and barred media coverage of bail hearings for six suspects accused of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu. The move, prompted by DSS operatives, raises concerns over press freedom and limits public insight into a high‑profile
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday restrained journalists from covering the bail proceedings of six defendants accused of plotting a coup against President Bola Tinubu’s government. Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, reportedly ordered reporters to leave the courtroom shortly before the trial judge, Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, took her seat. […] BREAKING: Court bars journalists from covering suspected coup plotters’ trial