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A heartbreaking development of the story about the soldiers’ mutiny, which was followed by severe court punishment.
It would be recalled that the military court, on December 17, sentenced 54 soldiers to death over mutiny .
The convicts attached to the 7th Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, disobeyed orders to join operations against Boko Haram on August 4.
They were accused of conspiring to commit mutiny against
the Division authorities.
Lawyer and human rights activist, Femi Falana
(SAN), expressed shock over the court verdict saying:
“Instead of bringing such unpatriotic officers to book, the
military authorities have engaged in the diversionary tactics
of wasting the lives of innocent soldiers by sentencing them
to death without any legal justification.”
One of the convicted soldiers used his Facebook account
after the sentence announcement to post this heartbreaking
message.
Here is what he said on his Facebook page-
“Hello ladies and gentlemen. I am soldier and I am
sentenced to death by the Nigerian Army. (be)Cause we did
not go to fight Boko Haram without equipment. We ask for
weapon instead (they) gave (us) death sentence.”
In his earlier Facebook post dating back to May 25
Fahat stated, all with capital letters: “AM PROUD TO BE A
SOLDIER”…
It would be noted that this controversial case is another in
a row. It comes after the death sentence verdict was
announced in relation to 12 soldiers over the mutiny, which
occurred at Maimalari Military Barracks on May 14, 2014.
They might be soldiers but their blood is civilian.
See photos of Fahat
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