18 Soldiers Sentenced To Death, Prisons Over Boko Haram Complicity

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For their alleged links to Boko Haram, some soldiers are to face death penalty while others will go to jail. Those affected are one lieutenant, one warrant officer and 16 others. The General Court Martial   has been trying them since July 1, this year. 

They were accused of offences ranging from communicating with Boko Haram members, cowardly behaviour, murder, to manslaughter. They were being tried by the Three Armoured Division as the case fell within its Area of Responsibility (AOR).
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18 soldiers on trial for alleged role in the escape of high-profile Boko Haram suspects.

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Eighteen  soldiers, including a  lieutenant,  on Monday appeared  before  a General  Court Martial in Jos,  Plateau State for aiding members of the  fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram,  and other insurgent groups in their  activities.

The soldiers are members of  the Joint Task Force code named Operation Restore Orderin Borno State and the Special Task Force also called Operation Safe Heaven in Plateau State. The  JTF and STF were deployed in  both states following a menace of  insurgent groups in the country. Whilst the JTF is also  battling with Boko Haram members  in Adamawa,  and Yobe states,  the STF has been grasping with Fulani herdsmen who,  previously 10 years had taken Plateau State by the jugular.  The soldiers are increasingly being tried under charges termed, “communication with the enemies, cowardly behaviour,  murder and manslaughter.”

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