A group of soldiers numbering 24 who
were recently dismissed from the service in December 2015, have cried
out to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, for
intervention. The soldiers who belong to the 118 Task
Force are alleging that they were wrongfully dismissed from the Army by
their commanding Officer, a colonel.
Counsel for the soldiers, Mr, Johnson
Oyewole, stated that the soldiers were dismissed from service without a
board of inquiry by their Commanding Officer for allegedly staying away
from duty without orders, which he said contravened military law.
The petition dated January 6, 2016 and
addressed to the Chief of Army Staff copied the Chief of Defence Staff,
Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin and the minister of Defence, Dan Ali. He said that the travails of the
soldiers started when their battalion was sacked by the Boko Haram
insurgents while they were on their way to Damasak, towards the end of
2015.
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