The 27 soldiers who allegedly protested the non-payment of their allowances after undertaking a peacekeeping assignment in a foreign land will be bemoaning their fate, no doubt. The soldiers were sentenced to life imprisonment for daring to open their mouths in protest against some of their superior officers who they said were trying to pocket their hard-earned money. The soldiers were consequently charged with mutiny and have now been sentenced.

THE army, of course, has its own codes of conduct. One of these apparently, at least from the judgment of the Court Martial, is that the actions of officers, especially those that deny individuals of their rights, should never be questioned. Even in cases of brazen violation of their rights, junior officers should keep silent or give such an action a roaring “Yes Sir!”

THE jailed soldiers have learnt their lessons. They were wrong for daring to raise their voices against their bosses. Many of them may not know about the game of Chess. There are Pawns which must be sacrificed to protect the corrupt opulence of the King. The junior officers, it appears, either did not know their place or thought they were still in a foreign country keeping the peace.
LEADERS do not keep the peace here in Nigeria, especially when the issue is about money. They war. These soldiers must have heard about how many of the leaders had killed themselves over money. If they have not, they should ask some of their superiors whose authorities they challenged the reason they planned coups d’etat.

NIGERIAN leaders, especially its military rulers, have consistently waged brutal wars on the nation’s treasury for many years now and Nigerians have not fought back. But these soldiers have the effrontery to protest a few miserable dollars. Now some Nigerians would blame them for daring to be different. They will say these soldiers are definitely not Nigerians, otherwise, they would not have challenged the authority instead of praying. Because in their country, Nigerians do not protest against the injustices of their rulers, they go to churches and mosques to pray for the redemption of these rulers to make them stop looting the treasury.

Well, "To serve Nigeria with all my strenght IS NOT BY FORCE" lol,