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Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by dre11(m): 5:07pm On May 24, 2020
Nigerian Army ‘secretly trying’ soldier who criticised service chiefs on social media – Source

The Nigerian Army is secretly trying a soldier, Mohammed Abdullahi, for making ‘unguarded comments’ on social media about the tenures of the current service chiefs, a military source has revealed.

The staff sergeant, according to the source, was accused of critising the extension of the tenures of the service chiefs, saying it is “slowing morale in the rank and file of the forces.”

The source said Mr Abdullahi, with service number 97NA/44/315, is facing disciplinary action following the comments.

The service chiefs include the Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok Ibas, and the Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar.

The Army Intelligence Corp (NAIC) has investigated the soldier’s comments and its findings will form the basis of the trial, the official briefed on the case told PREMIUM TIMES.

The source informed PREMIUM TIMES that the investigation of the soldier was authorised by Mr Buratai in February this year.

The soldier is being accused of flouting the Nigerian military’s 2018 policy on the use of social media, which prohibits certain conducts by military personnel on social media, the source added.

Many soldiers have reportedly been punished under that policy in the past.

PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Mr Abdullahi’s social media comment irked the senior military officers, who moved to sanction him.

When contacted about the matter, spokesperson of the Nigeria Army, Sagir Musa, said he was not aware of the matter and could not comment on it until he saw the document PREMIUM TIMES referenced.

“I’m not aware of this! But if you have any document or evidence indicating there is such development kindly forward it to me to facilitate or assist in finding out so that I can brief you accordingly,” he said.

PREMIUM TIMES has seen part of a document that referenced Mr Abdullahi’s social media comment on tenures of service chief and the NAIC investigation that was authorised by the COAS.

The referenced document sighted by PREMIUM TIMES is not being made public, because doing so could reveal the identity of the source.

Soldier’s grouse

The soldier’s post reportedly criticised the continued stay in office of the service chiefs.

The current service chiefs are the longest-serving set since the return of democracy in Nigeria in 1999. This has angered many who believe such top officers should not spend more than two years, or at most four in office.

President Muhammadu Buhari appointed them on July 13, 2015, with the general expectations that their tenures would end in two years or thereabouts.

It was expected by many that by then, most of them who were then nearing the end of their military careers would have retired. But that turned out not to be the case.

The Armed Forces of Nigeria’s Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service (HTACOS) is clear about the tenures of the service chiefs and the prerogatives of the President and Commander in Chief in extending their tenures.

Section 09:08 of the HTACOS, also known as ‘official service order in the military’ states that, “An officer appointed to the substantive appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and the Chief of Air Staff will hold the appointment for a continuous period of two years. The appointment could be extended for another two years from the date of expiration of the initial two-year period.”

In 2017 when the current service chiefs’ two-years tenures expired, President Buhari exercised his powers as enshrined in the HTACOS, to extend their stay in office for another two years which was expected to finally expire by 2019.

Also, at the time President Buhari extended their tenures in 2017, some of the service chiefs had clocked their compulsory retirement age of 35 years in service.

Their continued stay has no doubt created ripples within the armed forces and the public as the military continues to battle an unending insurgency in the North-east and calls intensify that the officials be replaced.

Mr Abdullahi’s post reportedly highlighted how military personnel were being shortchanged as per progression in ranks.

‘Long tenures’

Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin
The current Chief of Defence Staff, Mr Olonisakin, an army general, enrolled into the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) as a member of the 25th Regular Course, and was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in 1981. This means he was supposed to have clocked 35 years of service in 2016.

The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Mr Ete-Ibas, got inducted into NDA as a member of the 26th Regular Course in June 1979 and got commissioned as a sub-lieutenant on January 1, 1983. He was to have retired from service in January 2018.

Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar,
Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Mr Abubakar, an air marshall, enlisted into the Nigerian Air Force as a member of the Cadet Military Training Course (CMTC 5) in November 1979. He was supposed to have retired since 2014.

Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official webpage of the Nigerian Army]
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Mr Buratai, a lieutenant general, was in NDA as a member of the 29th Regular Course in January 1981, and thereafter commissioned as a second lieutenant on December 17, 1983. By his years of service, he was meant to retire in December 2018.

Disenchanted personnel?

The source said many military personnel have continued to lament the continued stay in office of these top soldiers, claiming it affects the career growth of younger officers.

The source, who requested for non-attribution for fear of being sanctioned, said the NAIC had concluded the investigation on Mr Abdullahi “who may be undergoing a military trial and subsequent disciplinary measures as recommended in the NAIC report.”

The source said the NAIC also recommended that stiffer measures be put in place to curb such actions of ‘misconduct’ from other officers in the future.

The source said all commanding officers across various army formations and divisions had, in early May, received a directive from the COAS as recommended by NAIC. PREMIUM TIMES is yet to authenticate this claim.

The directive reportedly reminded personnel “of the need to imbibe the Nigeria Army core values as contained in traditions, customs and ethics of the Nigeria Army.”

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Nobody: 5:14pm On May 24, 2020
Where is Buhari sef?

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Grace001: 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
Na family issue

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Petersamuel8(m): 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
This country is a fu*k up country, how can an incompetent president employ incompetent staff and nobody has the right to complain? Everyday they keep spending billions of dollars in the military yet nothing to show for it.
If you ve any relative in the military just advise the person to resign cause this Boko Haram is a booming business to our politicians and Generals

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by SaiOba: 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
grin
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by RapistOnBail: 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
Whats the military breeding? He should be charged and coutmartialled ASAP..

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Ku4samm(m): 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
Na them sabi
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Nobody: 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
Hmmm
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by LUGBE: 5:16pm On May 24, 2020
It is well
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by ursullalinda(f): 5:17pm On May 24, 2020
Leaders who don't want to be criticised so they can carry on with their impunity.

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Davicl: 5:17pm On May 24, 2020
For saying the truth huh

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by myettiallah: 5:17pm On May 24, 2020
But they grant amnesty and international scholarships to "repentant" BHTs......

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by cmecproblem(m): 5:17pm On May 24, 2020
Well, the code of conduct rules must apply. Military way.

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by hachan: 5:17pm On May 24, 2020
So someone cannot give constructive criticism peacefully again sad

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by naijalodge(m): 5:17pm On May 24, 2020
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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by captainjay(m): 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
I believe he was ready for it before making the video or the video leaked out through his colleagues. It's better to be dismissed in the army than to die like a chicken at the battle front. I pray he survive it because that Gen. Buratai you mentioned in that video. Smh

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by CAPSLOCKED: 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
I KNEW THE MAN WAS AS GOOD AS DEAD WHEN I SAW HIS FACE IN THAT CLIP.
ZERO WISDOM TO CRITICIZE YOUR BOSSES WITHOUT BEING ANONYMOUS.

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by starprince71: 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
Lala must chop cane grin grin grin
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Baloranking(m): 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
Why cry
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by GeoandSONSLTD: 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
Hmmm
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Nobody: 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
Their business
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by akure1stson: 5:18pm On May 24, 2020
not new
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by Cutefergieee: 5:19pm On May 24, 2020
Ok
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by ForeThinker: 5:19pm On May 24, 2020
I’d rather look back and regret something I did when I was young and crazy, than look back and regret something I never had the courage to do, and realize it’s too late.

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Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by HappyCanadian: 5:19pm On May 24, 2020
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by mctfopt: 5:19pm On May 24, 2020
Ok
Re: Mohammed Abdullahi: Army Secretly Trying Soldier Who Criticised Service Chiefs by haryothosyn93(m): 5:19pm On May 24, 2020
There are alot of things that shouldn't be open to civilians because only few of could understand and withstand the threat that flow the rules and regulations of NA especially when it involves the top men. My candid advice to the Nigerian Army School of Infantry and War colleges both for soldiers, Junior Course and to the Senior Course will be that they should make it mandatory never to leak any sensitive information about the body to the public. Anybody that do this should be ready to face the death penalty!!!

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