* Sunday Dare
The Pathfinder
Wednesday October 29, 2025
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Sunday Dare, the special adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Media and public communication has stated in a television interview that the Presidency would stand by the Nigerian Military’s position that denied coup attempt in Nigeria.
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) released a statement on 18 October describing as false and misleading the reports online that alleged that activities to mark the 65th independence anniversary of Nigeria were cancelled over an attempted coup plot.
However, the sacking of Service Chiefs by President Tinubu fuelled the rumour of coup attempt.
In an interview with TVC on Tuesday 28 October , Dare said the Presidency would stick to the narrative of the Nigerian Military that there was no coup attempt in Nigeria.
According to him, the presidency would only change its position when “the military says otherwise, because the military is constitutionally empowered to secure the country.”
He said, “We are going to stick to the narrative of the military because they are the ones constitutionally empowered to secure this country. They are given the power, arms and ammunition as the intelligence power.
“So when the military says these are the reasons why we have this development, we are going to stay with that narrative because that is the brief that is out there. Until the military comes with a different narrative, we are going to stay with that narrative.
“On some military being retained there is a need to have institutional memory and maintain a balance and this decision was not taken on a flip for the person that was retained.”
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