Emerging report indicates that the Nigerian Army’s Joint Task Force North-East Operation, in Kai, has on Saturday, inaugurated 2 Courts Martial, to try defaulting Soldiers serving at the Operation ground in the North-East.
The Soldiers to face the Court, numbering 158, will according to the Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, be tried on matters that pertain directly to the regimentation, discipline, efficiency, and morale of the Military.
The Commander disclosed this while inaugurating the General and Special Courts Martial, at the Officers’ Mess of the Maimalari Cantonment, in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
He said: “As we all know, Courts Martial trials are regimental and judicial exercises, the end of which may review, reduce, or remove the rights and privileges of any convicted Service Personnel.
“To maintain the Armed Forces in a state of readiness, the Military as an Institution, must be ready to enforce internal discipline effectively, in accordance with the extant laws.
“The Military has its code of service discipline to meet its peculiar disciplinary needs. In this regard, emphasis shall be laid on statutes and the traditional military regimentation, with due adherence to the fair hearing requirements as enshrined in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.”
Also speaking, the President of the General Court Martial, Maj.-Gen. Bainze Mohammed, stated that there are 28 Officers to be tried, while the remaining 130, are Soldiers serving in the various units of the operation ground.
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