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12 soldiers sentenced to death for mutiny

Sep 16 2014 at 06:38am

A military court sitting in Abuja on Monday found 13 out of
the 18 soldiers standing trial for mutiny and other offences
guilty.
Twelve of the convicted soldiers were sentenced to death,
five were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one
was jailed for 28 days with hard labour.
The soldiers had on May 14, 2014 fired shots at the General
Officer Commanding the newly created 7 Division of
Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Mohammmed, in
Maiduguri.
The act is viewed in the military as mutiny.
Those discharged are David Robert, Mohammed Sani, Iseh
Ubong, Sebastine Gwaba and Naaman Samuel.
Jeremiah Echocho was sentenced to 28 days with hard
labour.
Those who were sentenced to death are Jasper Braidolor,
David Musa, Friday Onuh, Yusuf Shuaibu, Igonmu Emmanuel,
Andrew Ugbede, Nurudeen Ahmed, Ifeanyi Alukagba, Alao
Samuel, Amadi Chukwuma, Alan Linus, and Stephen
Clement.
They were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, mutiny,
attempt to commit murder (shooting of the vehicle of the
GOC); insubordination to a particular order; insubordination
and false accusation.
The President of the Court Martial, Maj. Gen. C.C. Okonkwo,
said the 12 soldiers were found guilty of three of the most
heinous charges bars.
The legal team of the convicts pleaded with the court
martial to temper justice with mercy.
The team reeled out pathetic stories about the family
backgrounds of the convicted servicemen.
One was said to be the only son of his octogenarian
widowed mother.
Another is the father of a five-month-old baby.
The defence team argued that giving them maximum
sentence would do more harm than good, adding that it
would increase the agony of their dependants.
The attack on the GOC and his men reportedly occurred
when they visited the cantonment.
The Maimalari Cantonment is the headquarters of 7 Division,
the newest Division of the Nigerian Army.
Military sources said that soldiers at the cantonment had
been complaining of insufficient ammunition, food and
allowances prior to the GOC’s visit.
They were also reportedly unhappy and their morale was at
its lowest ebb because there had not been troop rotation for
a long time since their deployment to combat Boko Haram
terrorists in the North- East.
“The GOC’s visit coincided with the arrival of the corpses of
soldiers killed in an ambush in Chibok on the night of May
13, 2014.
“The apparently agitated soldiers, on sighting the corpses of
their slain colleagues became hysteric. Some opened fire on
the GOC, who was lucky to have escaped unhurt. However,
the bullets hit and seriously injured some of his bodyguards,
who also fled to safety,” the source said.



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