BREAKING NEWS: 54 SOLDIERS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NIGERIA FOR MUTINY

 A military court in Nigeria, sitting in Abuja has tonight sentenced 54 soldiers to death after they were found guilty of mutiny. The soldiers were convicted on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny and are to die on stakes, by firing squad.

The convicted soldiers mostly officers involved in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists in the northern part of Nigeria.

Their trial began on October 15 on allegations that they disobeyed higher authorities on orders to join operations against the Boko Haram sect, before they were found guilty today.