Bola Tinubu speaks at a party meeting in Abuja Febuary 17, 2015. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria has paid a high price to achieve democracy and will foil any attempts by those hoping to stage a coup, the national leader of Nigeria's ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) party said on Monday.
Bola Tinubu's warning came after the chief of army staff last week ordered officers to steer clear from politics and said he had received information that some soldiers had been approached by individuals for "undisclosed political reasons".
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