Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Tukur Buratai, has reportedly dissolved all the ongoing General Military Courts Martial in Nigeria.
The Army chief is said to have begun the process of reviewing cases of soldiers dismissed from service over alleged acts of cowardice, insubordination, mutiny and other allegations.
Punch Newspapers reports that the Army will be revisiting all the cases against military officers and soldiers in relation with the war against Boko Haram.
It is believed that Buratai has constituted a committee to review all the cases involving soldiers who had either been convicted or still facing trial in the three General Military Courts Martial in Kaduna, Lagos and Abuja.
The officers and soldiers involved are expected to report at the Nigerian Defence Academy, Kaduna, for the screening exercise.
A source revealed to Punch that the committee would begin sitting on August 7, and is expected to sit for 25 days for a holistic re-visitation of the cases involved in the operation.
The source was quoted to have said: “The new Army Chief has constituted a committee to revisit the cases of all officers and men of the Nigerian Army who are either dismissed or undergoing trial in various General Military Courts Martial for alleged offences committed in the ongoing war against Boko Haram.”
“I think the directive involved those dismissed without trial in their various formations, those tried and dismissed and those still facing trial. The cases are general, they involve cases from the military operation in the North East. Those to report in the NDA would be given the opportunity of retraining and being brought back into the campaign against insurgency.”
How about the people already condemned to death?