Lagos — Bola Tinubu, an influential leader of Nigeria’s ruling All Progressives Congress, denounced suggestions that soldiers and politicians may be plotting a coup, saying democracy in Africa’s most populous nation is too mature to be overthrown. Army chief of staff Tukur Buratai said last week that he’d received information that "individuals have been approaching some officers and soldiers" to discuss a plot and warned that they should desist. "We had a warning that some people were trying to entice the military out of the barracks," Tinubu said in a statement on Monday. "I say — don’t try it."
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