donroxy: Hero, I do not think they really wanted to kill him cuz if they would, he woulda died !!! ...

That GOC must be really corrupt and inhumane for the boys to turn against him !

hardbody:

Bros na this kind english grammar vex the military judge wey make am dey share the accused death penalty. Which one be sycophantic and abuse of sincerity.

On topic, the only way to survive a coup is by not planning one. All those guys arraigned perfectly understood the repercussion of their act when they attacked their boss. It is sad but the law of cause and effect will take place. May the Lord have mercy upon their souls as they walk their long journey to the firing squad.

seunlayi: mutiny / rebel / disloyalty etc are never welcomed in the military in any part of the world hence the high standard military are known for worldwide. The consequence of this action is no longer new since the time of old. Therefore, the judgement is normal in the military, but i hope that the fg will display some maturity has we are all aware of the prevailing circumstances that led to that incident so that they will be pardon soon

Owoplenty: a being with empathy will not make such barbaric comment.besides,in such cases the c in c will review and mitigate the sentence,it is call "confirmation"

Funniez: Those soldiers will soon be secretly set free. No be naija we dey again?

cecenene123: If not wickedness, how on earth will you send a man to the war front hungry? Does it mean that this so called generals don't know that these soldiers are human beings like every other person out there? Imagine keeping them in Maidugri hungry, without allowance and at the same time without rotation? Where were those that were suppose to change them? Ohhh! My heart bleeds as I write this because Boko Haram guys will be laughing at them now. All the ogas at the top should remember that DIA IS GOD oooooooo

Stoical:

Sorry to say this bro...but you talk ignorantly. This aint civilian that we are talking about. Civilian tolerates a lot of what you are talking about, but this is different in the military. Just like one person said here; military is like a cult and there are set down rules and disciplinary actions that follow suit. There are different means to air your grievianves in the military...including, usind the press, your relatives, the masses and so on...but please, you dare not go against your CO not to talk of GOC-i beg to say, no matter what they do to you (if you recall the popular saying, that in military, it is OBEY BEFORE COMPLAIN). Even those that have saved in NYSC can atleast attest to some of these sayings.

Having said the above...revolt is not even in the book for them. But, I only wish the C-in-C could step in and reduces their punishment (this is the emotional me talking though). But, truth be told, in as much as we wish things can be done properly in this country and investigation carried out to either avoid future reoccurence by purnishing the officers involved...you DARE NOT act in such manner, as a military personnel.

Yes, its emotional to lost peeps, especially when they where somehow reacting out of frustration, but that's military for you Bro and they all knew before they went in.

I also bet you that even the current recruitment going on, a lot of peeps are still going into it. Whether you go in because of lack of employment or not. An adage says, "When you are in Room, behave as the Romans".

Hero10001:
Donbaba, Tis very possible but i believe soldiers don't shoot at sombody for fun, they knew the consequencies so they shoulda shoot to kill.

Controversy: Double whala….. the GOC left unhurt,,,, yet they were convict to death. I wish they could have killed the GOC and it would server as deterrent to those oga at the top. It is easier to arrange and convict them, but it is difficult for to find lasting solutions to the reason for their agitations.
Quick judgement, bt not quick solution to the cause of the problem, nigerian military wit funny characters, u send christians to go nd die in war torn north east abi? This judgement must not be allowed to stay. It is indeed an illwind. It will blow no one no good. A word is enough for the wise.

Danrizzle: "Caught bh members are been sentenced to waste few years in prison". Thats the problem i have with this judgement.

WHAT ELSE DO YOU EXPECT??

deflover: This is a result of allowing your emotions to take over your actions...It is a well served sentence as i went to a military skool per say and i ve a father in the military police while growing up....i ve watched him analyses every coup back then in festac town when NITEL office was one of the places coup plotters take over once there is a coup.....he will tell me which coup will stand and which would not as a little boy.....these boys knows that the office of a GOC is representative of the office of the C-in-C ....an attack on the GOC is an attack on the C-in-C....the law of God and man is not created to have emotions but to pass absolute judgement ....even in civil court they would be charged for attempted murder, illegal use of firearms,illegal gathering, and so so and so.....they wont have gotten out of these charges...they were right but went about it wrongly....may God have mercy on their souls as they hang on the ropes.

donroxy: Mehnnn, Hero, Maybe they would be instantly killed by the next loyalists of the GOC which may actually defeat their reasons for the shooting and you know DHQ ?

DHQ may say , the boys are BH loyalists , I believe the boys actually planned their actions sha cuz I wanna think it is not something they just plan and execute that day , they shoulda been nurturing some ill feelings for the GOC and the corpse of their colleagues motivate execution of that plan that day !!


I also wish the GOC get kpanshed but the Igbo/Christians in those list can give it another undertone !


Howfar bro, U heard about the FighterJet that disappeared ... Naija4Fun

orirebaby: Double wahala...@ least d GOC now sabi say dem no fit tolerate hin action again and he too no fit dey sleep wiv two eyes closed....

Arsenalholic: They should've thought about that(emboldened) before embarking on a fool's mission.

This is the military, one organization where discipline isn't compromised. And i respect 'em for it.

Happywoman: After u finish speaking all dis ur dogo turanci , I will only be convinced if u can enlist and go to michika or uba or damboa or konduga . U know , just go over there and show dem what a discipline fellow u r . U went to a military school u no see army join after sch? Make u see wetin these men see make u know say khaki no be leather.
Our soldiers, - foot soldiers I mean oo , not these obeses hippopotamuses in abj and lagos are going thru hell. Mutiny is even somhw beta cos some will be mercenaries for our enemies soon if care is not taken
Imagine demorilisingly killing pple asking for better life and even publicising it like they were coup plotters or even common criminals. Na wa ooo . Smh
Deeply saddened

debbleopto:

I see this ^^^ as a mumu comment. So it is when it comes to the generals, GOC and the other ogas spending the boys salary and demoralizing them that the so called discipling can be compromised? I entered Bonny camp today and see some accommodations that replicate that of makoko getho. even the eye clinic furniture is so dirty and old you can not use in in class room. If you don't call that undiscipline what are you then calling it?

fizzy94:
He has since left Maiduguri and was retired by the NA

teeowl: death sentence is too much... haba! they were not planning a coup! there were just fighting for better conditions. Kabiru Sokoto killed people with the bomb blast in Suleja and he got life imprisonment... so why give the death sentence to men that are fighting for Nigeria.

donnypool: A military court sitting in Abuja on Monday found 13 out of the 18 soldiers standing trial for mutiny and other offences guilty.

Twelve of the convicted soldiers were sentenced to death, five were discharged and acquitted while the remaining one was jailed for 28 days with hard labour.

The soldiers had on May 14, 2014 fired shots at the General Officer Commanding the newly created 7 Division of Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Ahmed Mohammmed, in Maiduguri.

The act is viewed in the military as mutiny.

Those discharged are David Robert, Mohammed Sani, Iseh Ubong, Sebastine Gwaba and Naaman Samuel.

Jeremiah Echocho was sentenced to 28 days with hard labour.

Those who were sentenced to death are Jasper Braidolor, David Musa, Friday Onuh, Yusuf Shuaibu, Igonmu Emmanuel, Andrew Ugbede, Nurudeen Ahmed, Ifeanyi Alukagba, Alao Samuel, Amadi Chukwuma, Alan Linus, and Stephen Clement.

They were found guilty of criminal conspiracy, mutiny, attempt to commit murder (shooting of the vehicle of the GOC); insubordination to a particular order; insubordination and false accusation.

The President of the Court Martial, Maj. Gen. C.C. Okonkwo, said the 12 soldiers were found guilty of three of the most heinous charges bars.

The legal team of the convicts pleaded with the court martial to temper justice with mercy.

The team reeled out pathetic stories about the family backgrounds of the convicted servicemen.

One was said to be the only son of his octogenarian widowed mother.

Another is the father of a five-month-old baby.

The defence team argued that giving them maximum sentence would do more harm than good, adding that it would increase the agony of their dependants.

The attack on the GOC and his men reportedly occurred when they visited the cantonment.

The Maimalari Cantonment is the headquarters of 7 Division, the newest Division of the Nigerian Army.

Military sources said that soldiers at the cantonment had been complaining of insufficient ammunition, food and allowances prior to the GOC’s visit.

They were also reportedly unhappy and their morale was at its lowest ebb because there had not been troop rotation for a long time since their deployment to combat Boko Haram terrorists in the North- East.

“The GOC’s visit coincided with the arrival of the corpses of soldiers killed in an ambush in Chibok on the night of May 13, 2014.

“The apparently agitated soldiers, on sighting the corpses of their slain colleagues became hysteric. Some opened fire on the GOC, who was lucky to have escaped unhurt. However, the bullets hit and seriously injured some of his bodyguards, who also fled to safety,” the source said.

http://www.punchng.com/news/12-soldiers-who-attacked-goc-sentenced-to-death/