Saturday, 7 June 2014

Boko Haram: Army court-martials officers for cowardice, others

As security operatives and top government
officials intensify moves to ensure the release of
the abducted girls of the Government Secondary
School, Chibok, Borno State, the military
authorities have started the court martial of
some of its men and officers for cowardice and
negligence among others. Saturday PUNCH investigations revealed that
the military authorities opened two centres for
the court martial at the Headquarters of One
Division of the Nigerian Army, Kaduna, under
Maj.- Gen KC Osuji and the Army Headquarters
Garrison Command, under Brig.-Gen Ndiomu, at
the Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja.
Investigations revealed that some of the
affected military personnel had appeared before
the court-martial which commenced on Monday in
Abuja and Kaduna.
Our correspondent gathered that a total of 110
officers and men of the military would appear
before the court martial trying the military
personnel for alleged negligence and false
report.
It was learnt that the court martial was being
done in batches.

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