soldiers were sentenced to two years imprisonment by a Nigerian
Military Court Martial which sat in Kaduna state yesterday Dec. 23rd
over the abduction of over 200 female students of the Government Girls
Secondary School Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram insurgents on
April 14th.
According to Punch, the soldiers, Col. A. O. Ojo who was in charge of
Chibok when the abduction took place, Capt. O. O. Ogunrinde, and 2nd
Lieutenant V.I. Godknows were all handed two years imprisonment for
what the General Court Martial panel termed failure to perform. Col.
Ojo was reportedly found guilty of passing out unverified information
about the return of the abducted girls as well as not reinforcing the
military personnel the night the abduction happened. In his response,
Col. Ojo said he got information about the attack at about 1am at his
station in Biu which was already late as the sect members stormed the
school at about 11pm.
2nd Lieut. Godknows was charged with cowardly behaviour during the
night of the attack. Counsel to Col. Ojo, Mr. Shuaibu Isah has however
said his client would be appealing the verdict of the court martial
through the office of the confirming authority which is the Chief of
Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah.
--PUNCH
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