Two Army generals face court martial

The Nigerian Army has inaugurated a Special Court Martial to try two Army general for undisclosed offences.

The court was inaugurated on Thursday by the Judge advocate, Col. Ibrahim Musa, when he administered the oath on the President of the Special Court Martial, Air Vice-Marshal James Gbum and three others.

According to Musa, the purpose of the special court was to try two army officers, Major General Ibrahim Sanni and Major General Patrick Falola.

Musa, while reading the conveying order for the court from the Chief of Army Staff, Musa said: “By the power conferred on me by Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, I hereby convey this speech to every one of you in this Special Court.

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“This court is saddled with the responsibility of trying the two officers’’.

Responding on behalf of the special court members, Ghum said members of the court would discharge their duties in accordance with the 1999 Constitution as amended. He also said the court would also take the Armed Forces Act, Service Evidence Act, Military Law and Rule of Procedure for trials into cognisance, while also assuring speedy dispensation of justice.

Though the offences of the two generals were not stated, the lead counsel to the Nigerian Army, Col. Ukpe Ukpe, who appeared with five other counsels, said that the trial would commence on Monday.

The two accused officers were represented by two counsels.

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