Do you remember the soldiers who had
on May 14th revolted against poor remuneration and lack of
sophisticated weapons to fight Boko Haram.
On that particular day, the
soldiers lost their cool after seeing the corpse of some of their colleagues
killed by Boko Haram men. They immediately opened fire on their GOC, who
luckily escaped unhurt.
Five others were discharged and
acquitted while one was jailed for 28 days with hard labor. Continue
The President of the Court Martial
(military court), Maj. Gen. C.C. Okonkwo, while delivering his judgement said
the 12 soldiers were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, mutiny, attempt to
commit murder (shooting at the vehicle of the GOC); insubordination to a
particular order; insubordination and false accusation.
Those sentenced are Jasper
Braidolor, David Musa, Friday Onuh, Yusuf Shuaibu, Igonmu Emmanuel,
Andrew Ugbede, Nurudeen Ahmed, Ifeanyi Alukagba, Alao Samuel, Amadi Chukwuma,
Alan Linus, and Stephen Clement.
The legal team of the convicts
pleaded with the court martial to be lenient and temper justice with mercy
stating that some of the men convicted were the sole providers of their
families. One of the convict is said to be the only child of his 80 year old mother
while another is said to be the father of a 5-month old baby. The legal team
argued that giving them maximum sentence would do more harm than good, adding
that it would increase the agony of their dependants.
Other members of the court are:
Col. TS Nurseman, Col. TO Olowomeye, Col. IG Lassa, Lt.Col. JK Feboke, Lt. Col.
CR Nnebeife, Major I Yusuf, Major TA Yakubu and Major AE Martins.
Lt. Col. AA Audu and Lt. Col. U
Ukpe served as prosecutors.
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