Good! Nigerian Army Set To Review Cases Of Court Mortadella Soldiers

The new Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has reportedly set up committees in a bid to review all the cases against military officers and soldiers which emanated from the ongoing operation against the insurgents in the North-East, including those dismissed from service as a result of alleged acts of cowardice, insubordination, mutiny and related allegations.

Punch report;

It has been learnt on that the army chief had constituted a committee to review all the cases involving some soldiers who had either been convicted or still facing trial in the three General Military Courts Martial in Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja.

It was further learnt that the army chief had dissolved all the ongoing General Military Courts Martial in Nigeria. It was learnt that the officers and soldiers involved are expected to report at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, for the screening exercise.

A reliable source, who confided in one of our correspondents, said the committee which would begin sitting on August 7, would sit for 25 days for a holistic re-visitation of the cases involved in the operation.

It was gathered that a good number of the soldiers might be given a second opportunity to continue their careers in the military.

A good number of those detained or sentenced and dismissed for various offenses in various batches in their thousands belong to Special Forces Battalions who fought in different parts of the North East.

It was further learnt that those who might be lucky enough to benefit from the second chance from the new Army Chief might be given a short retraining exercise and given the opportunity to join their colleagues in the fight against the insurgents.

The source said, “The new Army Chief has constituted a committee to revisit the cases of all officers and men of the Nigerian Army who are either dismissed or undergoing trial in various General Military Courts Martial for alleged offenses committed in the ongoing war against Boko Haram.

“I think the directive involved those dismissed without trial in their various formations, those tried and dismissed and those still facing trial. The cases are general, they involve cases from the military operation in the North East. “Those to report in the NDA would be given the opportunity of retraining and being brought back into the campaign against insurgency.”