The 12 soldiers who attacked their GOC in Maiduguri have been sentenced to death

13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for
participating in the mutiny (revolt action) against
their General Officer Commanding, Maj. Gen.
Ahmed Mohammed at the newly created 7
Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on
May 12th have been sentenced to death by a
military court that sat in Abuja yesterday night
September 15th.
Five others were discharged and acquitted while
one was jailed for 28 days with hard labor. Choi,
they should temper justice with mercy biko o.
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The soldiers had on May 14th revolted against
poor remuneration and lack of sophisticated
weapons to fight Boko Haram. On that particular
day, the soldiers lost their cool after seeing the
corpse of some of their colleagues killed by Boko
Haram men. They immediately opened fire on
their GOC, who luckily escaped unhurt.
The President of the Court Martial (military court),
Maj. Gen. C.C. Okonkwo, while delivering his
judgement said the 12 soldiers were found guilty
of criminal conspiracy, mutiny, attempt to commit
murder (shooting at the vehicle of the GOC);
insubordination to a particular order;
insubordination and false accusation.
Those sentenced are Jasper Braidolor, David
Musa, Friday Onuh, Yusuf Shuaibu, Igonmu
Emmanuel, Andrew Ugbede, Nurudeen Ahmed,
Ifeanyi Alukagba, Alao Samuel, Amadi Chukwuma,
Alan Linus, and Stephen Clement.
The legal team of the convicts pleaded with the
court martial to be lenient and temper justice
with mercy stating that some of the men
convicted were the sole providers of their
families. One of the convict is said to be the only
child of his 80 year old mother while another is
said to be the father of a 5-month old baby. The
legal team argued that giving them maximum
sentence would do more harm than good, adding
that it would increase the agony of their
dependants.
Other members of the court are: Col. TS
Nurseman, Col. TO Olowomeye, Col. IG Lassa,
Lt.Col. JK Feboke, Lt. Col. CR Nnebeife, Major I
Yusuf, Major TA Yakubu and Major AE Martins.
Lt. Col. AA Audu and Lt. Col. U Ukpe served as
prosecutors.