Alleged coup: The way the cookie crumbles, by Tunde Abatan  Had the alleged coup planned for October 1, this year been carried out, it would have been the sixth successful coup in Nigeria since the nation gained independence from British rule in 1960. Beside,the five successful coups, there are four other unsuccessful coups which were aborted in their various planning and execution stages since that period. The denial of the alleged coup by the Defence headquarters which had earlier issued a statement to the effect that sixteen officers are being detained and...