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By Dauda R. Pam, Maiduguri
The joint task force of Operation Hadin Kai in Maimalari military cantonement Maiduguri, Borno State has sanctioned a total of 158 officers for unprofessional misconduct in the field of operation.
A breakdown of the category of the officers is made up of 28 officers and 130 soldiers.
They are to face the military court martial as a means of fair hearing offered them due to the alleged offences they are being accused to have committed.
The military court was inaugurated on Saturday at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri by the Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force “Operation Hadin Kai”, Major General Christopher Musa with Bainze Mohammed, Dominic Udofa, Squadron Leader Audu Satomi, and Rotimi Bakari as members.
He said that the safety and well-being of Nigerians depended considerably on the willingness and readiness of members of the Armed Forces to defend the nation against threats to national security,stressing that, the military must be ready to enforce internal discipline effectively, in accordance with extant laws.
According to him, the court martial trials are regimental and judicial exercises, subject to review, reduced or remove the rights and priviledges of any convicted service personnel as he identified the court martial to be unique to the military, and its trials are backed by the Armed Forces Act.
The military courts, he added, deals specifically with matters pertaining directly to regimentation, discipline, efficiency and morale of military personnel.
