A Nigerian Army court martial sitting at the Army Headquarters
Garrison, Mogadishu Barracks, Abuja, has sentenced 54 soldiers to death
by firing squad.
The 54 were among the 59 soldiers who were
serving in the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno state,
but allegedly refused lawful orders by their commander to proceed on a
mission to clear out terrorists and secure a town for subsequent
military deployments.
The other five of the 59 were discharged and acquitted by the military court.
All the soldiers had pleaded not guilty to the charges levelled against them at the commencement of the trial last October.
Details of the sentencing is however sketchy as stern looking soldiers
posted at the entry gate into the Mogadishu Barracks, turned journalist
away, saying they had instructions not to allow the media into the
barracks
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