Showing posts with label army. Show all posts
Showing posts with label army. Show all posts
Tuesday, 16 September 2014


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.
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Saturday, 30 August 2014
Tuesday, 12 August 2014



The Nigerian army has released a statement on the incident that occurred in Maiduguri yesterday. Women suspected to be wives and relatives of soldiers attempted to disrupt activities at Giwa barracks over the deployment of soldiers.

Below is a statement released on their website,
The tension raised following the activities of a group of women who tried to disrupt activities in Giwa Barracks, Maiduguri earlier today has been addressed. The situation had attracted media attention and elicited a lot of concern from well meaning Nigerians.
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