A military court-martial has sentenced 12 Nigerian soldiers to
death after they were found guilty of committing mutiny in
Maiduguri, Borno State last May.
On 14th May 2014, a group of soldiers fired shots at Maj-Gen Ahmadu
Mohammed, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th
Division, at Maiduguri’s Maimalari Barracks. The soldiers becameangry when they saw the bodies of 12 of their
colleagues being brought back from Chibok, where they were killed by
militants who ambushed a convoy of soldiers returning from anti-
terrorism duties.
The mutineers shot several times into the air and called senior officers
“cowards”, accusing them of deliberately putting them in harm’s way.
The following day, the GOC of the barracks was removed.
However, the court martial, which was led by Brigadier-General
Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, sitting at Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja
from Monday night to Tuesday morningnsentenced 12 of the 18
soldiers to death by firing squad,
The 12 soldiers were pronounced guilty of the offences of mutiny and
criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny are Cpl Jasper Braidolor, Cpl
David Musa, LCpl Friday Onun, LCpl Yusuf Shuaibu, LCpl Igomu
Emmanuel, Pte Andrew Ngbede, Pte Nurudeen Ahmed, Pte Ifeanyi
Alukhagbe, Pte Alao Samuel, Pte Amadi Chukwudi, Pte Allan Linus, and
LCpl Stephen Clement
The court martial found five other soldiers innocent of all five counts
of insubordinate behaviour, false accusation, mutiny, AWOL and
conduct to the prejudice of service discipline. Therefore, they were
discharged and acquitted.
The five acquitted soldiers are Cpl David Luhbut, Cpl Muhammed Sani,
Pte Iseh Ubong, Pte Sabastine Gwaba and Pte Inama Samuel.
The 18th soldier, Privatwe Ichocho Jeremiah, was found guilty of going
AWOL (absent without leave) and he was sentenced to 28 days in
prison with hard labour.
Jeremiah was also found guilty of conduct to the prejudice of service
discipline, but he was only reprimanded for this offence.
death after they were found guilty of committing mutiny in
Maiduguri, Borno State last May.
On 14th May 2014, a group of soldiers fired shots at Maj-Gen Ahmadu
Mohammed, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the 7th
Division, at Maiduguri’s Maimalari Barracks. The soldiers becameangry when they saw the bodies of 12 of their
colleagues being brought back from Chibok, where they were killed by
militants who ambushed a convoy of soldiers returning from anti-
terrorism duties.
The mutineers shot several times into the air and called senior officers
“cowards”, accusing them of deliberately putting them in harm’s way.
The following day, the GOC of the barracks was removed.
However, the court martial, which was led by Brigadier-General
Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, sitting at Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja
from Monday night to Tuesday morningnsentenced 12 of the 18
soldiers to death by firing squad,
The 12 soldiers were pronounced guilty of the offences of mutiny and
criminal conspiracy to commit mutiny are Cpl Jasper Braidolor, Cpl
David Musa, LCpl Friday Onun, LCpl Yusuf Shuaibu, LCpl Igomu
Emmanuel, Pte Andrew Ngbede, Pte Nurudeen Ahmed, Pte Ifeanyi
Alukhagbe, Pte Alao Samuel, Pte Amadi Chukwudi, Pte Allan Linus, and
LCpl Stephen Clement
The court martial found five other soldiers innocent of all five counts
of insubordinate behaviour, false accusation, mutiny, AWOL and
conduct to the prejudice of service discipline. Therefore, they were
discharged and acquitted.
The five acquitted soldiers are Cpl David Luhbut, Cpl Muhammed Sani,
Pte Iseh Ubong, Pte Sabastine Gwaba and Pte Inama Samuel.
The 18th soldier, Privatwe Ichocho Jeremiah, was found guilty of going
AWOL (absent without leave) and he was sentenced to 28 days in
prison with hard labour.
Jeremiah was also found guilty of conduct to the prejudice of service
discipline, but he was only reprimanded for this offence.
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