38 Senior Army Officers Petition Buhari over Wrongful Dismissal
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Thirty-eight senior army officers have
petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari over what they described as wrongful
dismissal from the Nigerian Army and accused the Minister of Defence, Brig-General
Mansur Dan Ali (rtd), Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin, and
the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Yusuf Buratai of victimisation of innocent
senior officers.
The retired
officers alleged that Ali, Olonisakin and Bruatai abused their offices with
impunity by maliciously punishing innocent officers.
The petitioners also
disclosed that after one-year of persistent abuse and denial of justice to the
38 retired officers, one of them, Lt Col Baba-Ochankpa died of a heart attack
while the military leadership deliberately refused to forward his appeal and
that of others to the president for his matured consideration as stipulated by
the Harmonised Terms and Condition of Service (Officers) 2012 which was the
quoted basis for their retirement.
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