126 sacked Nigerian soldiers have the
National Industrial Court in Abuja challenging
their dismissal by the Nigerian Army, Tribune
has reported.

The soldiers, in a suit No. NICN/ABJ/92/2015,
through their lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, said the
soldiers were denied “inviolable opportunity to
be heard and make representation in defence
and to state their respective cases.”

The soldiers were among the 255 soldiers
sacked on January 13 and 14, 2015, by the
Nigerian Army, over an alleged “disobedience
to standing order and failure to perform
military duties.”

They comprise of four warrant officers
( Akanny Welcome, Davou Nta, Ibrahim Usman
and Adediran Ogunmuyiwa) and others in the
ranks of sergeants, corporal, lance corporal,
and private were part of the joint force, code-
named “OP Zaman Lafia,” who were directed
to combat the outlawed Boko Haram sect in
the North-East region of Nigeria.

The army had claimed the plaintiffs refused to
obey their commanding officer, Lieutenant-
Colonel A. A Egbejule, during a counter-attack
by Boko Haram in Bazza.

It further said the act of the plaintiffs led to
the recapture of the territory by the terrorists
and subsequently were dismissed orally at
their station by Lieutenant-Colonel M.J Gambo
on January 13, 2015 and by the Garrison
Commander, General B.O Akinroluoyo, the
following day.

Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari
appointed new service chiefs after sacking the
military service chiefs he inherited from the
Goodluck Jonathan administration on Monday,
July 13,

http://www.naij.com/490709-sacked-126-soldiers-takes-nigerian-army-court-wrong-dismissal.html

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Ok , Duly Noted

President buhari should look into the case of this soldiers

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