Boko Haram: 15 Soldiers Court-Martialled & Get 4-Years Imprisonment

No fewer than 15 soldiers were court-martialed and each sentenced to four years’ jail term following their refusal to report to the war front in the northern parts of Adamawa State. This is barely two days after the Nigerian Army sentenced 12 of its personnel to death by firing squad after they staged a mutiny and attacked the GOC, 3 Division in Maiduguri, Borno State. The Court Martial nailed the 15 soldiers for insubordination, dereliction to duty and refusal to undertake order assigned to them in the war against the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East part of the country.

A top military source said the affected soldiers were those who ran away when Boko Haram struck their duty posts and fled back to the cantonment. “In the military tradition, a soldier is expected to obey the last order but the 15 soldiers convicted by the military command were adjudged to have committed acts of insubordination by their refusal to draft to the warfront.”

The source maintained that the decision of the military, which came a few days after some soldiers who staged a mutiny and attacked the GOC, 3 Division in Maiduguri, were sentenced to death, is intended to reinforce sanity and discipline in the Nigerian Army.

“The military has been grappling with soldiers deserting from their tour of duty only to re-surface with all manner of tales, and the development is gradually beginning to impugn on the integrity of the military establishment,” he added.

Source: AITonline