A Special Court-Martial of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State, has sentenced three soldiers to life imprisonment and a fourth to 15 years for illegally selling arms in collaboration with police officers and terrorist groups.
The trial was presided over by the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division and Commander of Sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai, Brigadier General Ugochukwu Unachukwu, (OPHK). It was held at the Officers’ Mess of the Theatre Command Headquarters in Maiduguri.
Delivering the judgment, Brigadier General Mohammed, President of the Court-Martial, found Sergeant Raphael Ameh, Sergeant Ejiga Musa, and Lance Corporal Patrick Ocheje guilty and sentenced them to life imprisonment.
Corporal Omitoye Rufus, however, was sentenced to 15 years in prison.
The soldiers were convicted of multiple offences, including theft, unlawful dealing in ammunition, and aiding the enemy, all punishable under the Armed Forces Act.
