KADUNA—The 3032 soldiers, who were pardoned last August for various
offences during campaigns against the Islamic terrorist group, Boko
Haram, in the North East of Nigeria, have rejected posting to the fronts.
The soldiers explained that they were never really pardoned and
re-integrated into the Army, but rather, re-sentenced to the war front.
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| Few of the Soliders |
Vanguard learned this created anxiety at the Command and Staff
College, Nigerian Army School of Infantry, NASI, Jaji, Kaduna state,
when over 3,000 soldiers – who claimed to have been subjected to
unimaginable ill treatment after their pardon – were gathered by the
Commandant of NASI, Major General Kassim Aldulkareem, to inform them
that they have been assigned new riffles and should be ready for
deployment to the fronts on the 11 January, 2016.
No reinstatement letters
