Shocking! Army Court Finds 10 Generals & 5 Other Senior Officers Guilty Of Aiding Boko Haram

No fewer than 15 senior military officers

including 10 generals have been tried

before a court-martial and found guilty

of giving information and ammunition to

Boko Haram terrorists.

In the recent past, the Army and the

Defence headquarters have raised the

alarm that some of their officers and

men are leaking official information to

the terrorists and that some of them

have been arrested and arraigned

before some court-martials in some

army divisions in the north.

Military sources told Leadership that

some of them who were tried at their

division levels still have hope until the

final review of the judgement at the

headquarters in Abuja.

“There are a lot of arrests that have

been made over some officers who

were sabotaging the ongoing counter-

insurgency operations. The suspects

include about 10 generals and other

ranks, not to talk of soldiers who have

been found culpable of sabotaging our

operations. They are facing trial before

court-martials set up by their divisions;

some have been found guilty, and some

are still facing trial. Once the court

martial rule, the recommendations are

forwarded to the Army Headquarters or

Defence Headquarters as the case may

be,” a source disclosed.

Another top security source told our

correspondent that four senior soldiers

were found guilty of being disloyal and

for working for the members of the sect.

“Four generals have been court-

martialed for divulging high-class

security information to the members of

the sect. They were found guilty of

leaking military strategies to the Boko

Haram people. This was why many

soldiers have been ambushed and killed

by the Boko Haram,” the source added.

Our source who could not disclose the

names of these generals simply said

some senior military officers and

soldiers from a particular section of the

country are deeply involved in the

treasonable acts.

“They have been found guilty of also

collaborating with some top politicians in

the country to make the country

ungovernable for selfish reasons. A lot

of re-organisation is going on in the

military. Many generals will go. Some will

be court-martialed and some will be

forcefully retired,” he added. “The

movement of our troops in the north-

east have been leaked to the Boko

Haram by many of our colleagues, but

the Defence headquarters has realized

that and is seriously considering

redeployment of some senior officers

out of the north-east.”

The army had, on Sept. 19, 2013, said its

3 Division had set up a general martial

court to try erring officers and soldiers.

During a press briefing, the then

director, army public relations, Brigadier

General Ibrahim Attahiru, said the new

court would instil discipline and

professionalism among its troops based

on Army Headquarters’ directives.

The court under general commanding

officer Ebiobowei Awala was

inaugurated on April 22 at Rhino

Officers Mess, Maxwell Khobe

Cantonment, Jos, and has tried nine

soldiers for various offences ranging

from murder to manslaughter.

But it was not clear at the time of

fielding this report whether the

generals were court -martialed by the

same court.

Although efforts to confirm from the

Defence Headquarters’ spokesman,

Major General Chris Olukolade, did not

yield any result, a top serving general in

the DHQ said a lot of trials were indeed

going on: “A lot is happening. Those

suspected are being tried, and this is

why it is difficult to confirm or deny the

story. But whenever the final verdicts

are taken on these trials, the press

would be briefed by the appropriate

officers.”