A Special Court- Martial that sat at the Army Headquarters (AHQ) Garrison, Abuja, has discharged and acquitted 57 soldiers on charges of loss of weapons as well as Absence Without Official Leave (AWOL).
The court martial, however, convicted 15 other accused soldiers, and consequently sentenced them to one year imprisonment.
The Special Court Martial was established solely for the trial of soldiers whose offences were related to failure to account for weapons assigned to them, in the course of their involvement in the fight against Boko Haram insurgents in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states.
A highly-placed source said the fate …Read More
Source:: New Mail
