Tuesday, 30 September 2014

Another set of 60 soldiers are to be arraigned before a General Court Martial today!




The soldiers allegedly committed mutiny on August 4, 2014 by refusing to join troops in Maiduguri for “an operation.”
 Their arraignment which is to take place at the Sani Abacha Barracks in Abuja comes as The PUNCH gathered on Monday that some of the 12 soldiers convicted on September 15, 2014 by the GCM had notified the Court of Appeal of their intention to challenge their sentences.
The   GCM headed by Brig. Gen. C. Okonkwo   had sentenced 12 out of 18 soldiers facing trial guilty of
 mutiny among other offences and sentenced them to death. Five of them were however discharged and acquitted  
and one sentenced to 28 days’ imprisonment with hard labour and reprimand

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