25 Nigerian soldiers sentenced to death over Boko Haram sue the Army

The 25 Nigerian soldiers who were sentenced
to death by hanging in December 2014 for
refusing to fight Boko Haram, have dragged
the Nigerian Army and the Chief of Army staff,
Kenneth Minimah to court, challenging their
death sentence by a special court martial set
up by the Nigerian Army.
According to Premium Times, in the court
papers filed by lawyers from Falana & Falana
Chambers, the soldiers in their summons
questioned the refusal of the Army Chief, and
the Nigerian army to make public their findings
from the general court martial they conducted.
The soldiers are also seeking to know if it is
legal for the army to withhold the document in
which their judgement was stated and if the
death sentence handed to them can be carried
out while they still await judgement from a
court of appeal regarding their conviction.
The soldiers are also seeking to know if the
death sentence handed to them can be carried
out without the express approval of President
Buhari and if it is illegal for them not to be
allowed visits from family members and their
lawyers.
The 25 soldiers are 21 private soldiers, two
corporals and two lance corporals. No date
has been fixed for hearing of the case.

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