60 SOLDIERS TO FACE TRIAL FOR MUTINY TODAY

     Another set of 60 soldiers are to be arraigned before the  General Court Martial[GCM] by military authorities in Abuja on Tuesday[today] for mutiny allegedly committed on August 4,2014 by their refusal to join troops in Maiduguri for 'an operation.' The venue of the arraignment is the Sani Abacha Barracks in Abuja. In a related development,some of the 12 soldiers convicted on September 15 by the GCM had notified the Court of Appeal of their intention to challenge the sentences. The GCM headed by Brigadier General C. Okonkwo had sentenced 12 out of 18 soldiers facing trial guilty of mutiny and other offences.They were sentenced to death. 5 were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one was sentenced to 28  days imprisonment with hard labour and reprimand.