Nigerian Soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny

According to the charge sheet, the soldiers conspired to
commit mutiny against their superior at the 7 Division
on August 4 at the Mulai Primary School camp, opposite
AIT Maiduguri, Borno state.
Captain J.E. Nwosu, an army Captain who is the
prosecutor in the case, told the marshal panel that the
accused soldiers had on August 4, in Maiduguri, refused
to join the 111 Special Forces Battalion troops,
commanded by Timothy Opurum, a Lieutenant Colonel
for an operation which was meant to recapture Delwa,
Bulabulin and Damboa in Borno State from members of
Boko Haram.
Captain J.E Nwosu in his submission said the offence is
punishable under Section 52(1) (a) of the Armed Forces
Act Cap A20 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004.
The commander of the 111 Special Forces, Lt.-Col.
Opurum, while testifying before the panel as a witness,
said in the recapture operation, only 4 officers and 29
soldiers participated in that particular operation with
other soldiers hesitant to participate.
This brings to 66 the number of soldiers sentenced to
death for mutiny. Their sentencing however is to be
ratified by senior military authorities.
Source: Premium Times