Nigeria Betrayed Them ByEmmanuel Franklyne Ogbunwezeh Our consideration was in receipt of news relating to the sentencing to life-imprisonment of 27 Nigerian soldiers, who participated in United Nations Peace-keeping Operations in Liberia. They were charged and convicted of mutiny and to that effect, were sentenced to life-imprisonment by a military tribunal constituted to that end. We must confess that all the information consulted by the tribunal in reaching its judgement is not available to us. To that end, we are not in a position to critically appraise this judgement from a legal perspective. It is our understanding that some other more competent hands and heads have had a field day in this regard. Besides, we equally understand that the defence is considering an appeal of the judgement, and we would never want to prejudice a process that is ongoing. Be that as...
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