Army acquits 57 soldiers sentenced to death in December

There is news that a special court martial of the Nigerian Army has discharged and acquitted 57 soldiers who were charged after they lost their weapons and went AWOL while battling insurgents last year.

It will be recalled that in December 2014, the soldiers were charged with conspiracy to commit mutiny after their revolt led to the death of some of their colleagues in a duel with insurgents. They claimed that their weapons were inferior to the enemy’s at the time.

The court martial, which sat at the Army Headquarters Garrison in Abuja, however convicted 15 other accused soldiers sentencing them to one year prison sentences each.

A source in the office of the National Security Adviser who spoke with Post Nigeria reportedly confirmed the report.

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