Nigerian Military Court Martial which sat in Kaduna
state yesterday Dec. 23rd over the abduction of over 200 female students of the
Government Girls Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents
on April 14th
have sentenced a Lieutenant Colonel, a Captain, a Second lieutenant and 12
other soldiers to two years imprisonment
The soldiers, Col. A. O. Ojo who was in charge of Chibok when the abduction took place, Capt. O. O. Ogunrinde, and 2nd Lieutenant V.I. Godknows were all handed two years imprisonment for what the General Court Martial panel termed failure to perform.
The soldiers, Col. A. O. Ojo who was in charge of Chibok when the abduction took place, Capt. O. O. Ogunrinde, and 2nd Lieutenant V.I. Godknows were all handed two years imprisonment for what the General Court Martial panel termed failure to perform.
Col. Ojo was reportedly found guilty of
passing out unverified information about the return of the abducted girls as
well as not reinforcing the military personnel the night the abduction
happened. In his response, Col. Ojo said he got information about the attack at
about 1am at his station in Biu which was already
late as the sect members stormed the school at about 11pm.
2nd Lieut. Godknows was charged with
cowardly behaviour during the night of the attack. Counsel to Col. Ojo, Mr.
Shuaibu Isah has however said his client would be appealing the verdict of the
court martial through the office of the confirming authority which is the Chief
of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah.
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