Officers, Soldiers To Be Jailed Over Chibok Saga

Three officers and 13 soldiers have been sentenced to two years imprisonment each by the Nigerian Army authorities over their negligence in the abduction of over 200 school girls from their hostel in Government Girls Seconfdary School, Chibok, Borno state.

The soldiers, including a Lieutenant Colonel, a Captain and a Second lieutenant, were arraigned before a General Military Court Martial at the Maxwell Khobe Military Cantonment, Rukuba in Jos, Plateau State, in October 2014.

The officers are Col. A. O. Ojo, Capt. O. O. Ogunrinde, and 2nd Lieutenant V.I. Godknows.
The trial had started at the headquarters of the 3rd Armoured Division of the Army in Jos, but was moved to Kaduna where the judgment was delivered on December 23, 2014.

Yesterday, Pakistan promised that they will help Nigeria government rescue the abducted Chibok girls.

This is coming as reports say Boko Haram has been formed in Ghana.

The abduction of the school girls in Chibok is the most talked about incident in Nigeria in the outgoing year.

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