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A Special Court-Martial of the Nigerian Army sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State, has sentenced four soldiers for their involvement in illegal arms sales to police officers and terrorist groups.
The trial, held at the Officers’ Mess of the Theatre Command Headquarters, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), was presided over by Brigadier General Ugochukwu Unachukwu, Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division and Commander of Sector 1, OPHK.
Delivering judgment, the court president, Brigadier General Mohammed Abdullahi, convicted Sergeant Raphael Ameh, Sergeant Ejiga Musa, and Lance Corporal Patrick Ocheje, sentencing each of them to life imprisonment.
Corporal Omitoye Rufus was also found guilty and handed a 15-year prison term.
