Eighteen soldiers charged with alleged mutiny will know their fate
today as the General Court Martial (GCM) delivers judgment. The soldiers, who
are from the 7 Division in Maiduguri, Borno State, were recommended for court
martial, after a Board Of Inquiry(BOI), investigated the immediate cause of the
mutiny at the Maimalari Cantonment in Borno State found them culpable of the
offence while fighting Boko Haram insurgency. The BOI, according to Army
sources, said they were the masterminds of the May, 14 crisis when angry soldiers
opened fire and attempted to kill the former General Officer Commanding(GOC), 7
Division, Major-General Abubakar Mohammed, after sighting the bodies of 10 of
their colleagues who were killed by insurgents.
The soldiers had accused authorities of the division of possible
information leak to the terrorists group about their operation. The crisis
prompted the authorities to immediately replace the GOC. The soldiers were
disarmed, arrested and flown to Abuja, before the convening of the GCM. They
were charged with mutiny, indiscipline, insubordination, disobedience to
standing orders among other offences as stipulated in the Armed Forces Act
before the GCM.
Sun Newspaper
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