Chief of Army Staff
A lieutenant with the Nigerian Army, one Warrant Officer and 16 soldiers were on Monday arraigned before a General Court Martial accused of offences ranging from communication with the enemy, cowardly behavior, murder to manslaughter among others. They are being tried by the 3 Armoured Division as its Area of Operational Responsibility.
At the inauguration of the court, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 3 Armoured Division, Major-General Ebiobowei Bonna Awala, remarked that the accused soldiers facing the General Court Martial from the 3 Armoured Division, Joint Task Force (JTF), Maiduguri and Special Task Force (STF), Plateau State have been duly investigated for the various offences they are alleged to have committed.
Awala said that the Court Martial is one of those instruments conferred on him by virtue of Armed Forces Act Chapter A 20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria to address problems of this nature. He said that discipline is the fulcrum upon which the military career rests, adding that discipline and loyalty are two essential requirements no officer or soldier who wants to succeed in professional soldiering can afford to lack
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