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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