Governor Oshiomhole begs for convicted soldiers By Isaac Eranga - President of Pan-African Online Journalists Association.
Governor Adams Oshomhole of Edo State has appealed to the President of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria - Muhammadu Buhari to grant
Presidential pardon to 66 soldiers who were convicted and sentenced to
dealth but were recently commuted to 10 years imprisonment by Nigeria
Army Authorities for offences ranging from insurbodinate behaviour to
mutiny, among others.
The governor said based on the strength of the recent revelations on
the $2.1 billion fund for arms purchase which was mismanaged by the
last aministration, the President should in the spirit of theArmed
Forces Remembrance Day, spare them the jail term but
could dismiss them from the Army for their acts of indiscipline.
The governor made this appeal while delivering his speech at the grand
finale of the 2016 Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Benin City on
Friday.
The governor said it would be injustice if the military personnel who
were sent to the war front without arms were made to wallow in prison
while th