A General Court Martial (GCM) sitting at the Headquarters, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Enugu, has sentenced a soldier, Private Adamu Mohammed, to death by hanging and another, Private Abubakar Yusuf, to 10 years’ imprisonment.
A statement by Acting Deputy Director, 82 Division Army Public Relations, Lieutenant Colonel Johah Unuakhalu, said the sentences were handed down after due consideration for the offences of murder and robbery for which the soldiers stood trial.
Unuakhalu revealed that the GCM, composed of 11 members, was inaugurated by the General Officer Commanding, 82 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Oluyemi Olatoye, on February 18, 2025, to try erring personnel within the Division for various offences that could not be disposed of summarily.
He stated that the president of the GCM, Brigadier General Sadisu Buhari, while delivering the judgment on the first accused, Private Adamu Mohammed, stated that he was found guilty of the offence of murdering his girlfriend, Miss Hauwa Ali, an offence punishable under Section 106(a) of the Armed Forces Act, Cap A20 LFN 2004. (Thisday)