The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen.
Tukur Buratai, has stated that an undisclosed number of fifth columnists and
indicted officers in the recent mutiny in Borno State are already facing a
court martial in accordance with the laws setting up the Nigerian Army.
Speaking at an interactive
session with Editors in Abuja on Thursday, the Army Chief explained that it was
unfortunate that officers could disregard an order to move to a particular
place knowing that such action would not be tolerated in a disciplined
organisation like the Nigerian Army.
“We have been working to ensure
that those caught for sabotaging our operations are court martialed and the
appropriate actions have been meted on them in line with the rules setting us
up.
“We will continue to identify bad
eggs and deal with them accordingly. We believe officers should uphold our code
of conduct. When anyone is caught sabotaging us, such a person will be dealt
with in accordance with the military laws,” he said.
On officers who went on the
rampage in Borno over posting, he said, “It is unimaginable that disciplined
troop will behave in that way. Those that have been found to be involved have
been caught and they would be dealt with in accordance to our own laws.
“They were directed to execute a
plan and if, for whatever reason, they refused to do that, they would be dealt
with. They were not the only ones that were moved. So, why should their own be
different? Out welfare programme has always been comprehensive and that is what
it is.”
On what the Army was doing to
ensure peace in the North East, Buratai said while relative peace had returned
to the region, there still exists pockets of attacks by the Boko Haram
insurgents, especially from neighbouring countries.
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