NIGERIAN ARMY BOARD OF INQUIRY ON THE REVIEW OF ALLEGATIONS OF UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCTS BY SOME OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS DURING THE 2015 ELECTIONS SUBMITS REPORT

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  NIGERIAN ARMY BOARD OF INQUIRY RECOMMENDS THAT :

   

   

    2 officers were recommended for compulsory

  retirement from the Nigerian Army, 3 were to loose their command and

  1 was recommended for prosecution for collecting financial

  gratification.

   

  It will be recalled that based on petitions and allegations of

  unprofessional and partisan conducts of some officers and soldiers of

  the Nigerian Army during the 2015 General elections, Ekiti and Osun

  States Gubernatorial elections last year, the Nigerian Army set up a

  high powered Board of Inquiry. The Board after a thorough job had

  today, Monday 11th January 2016, submitted its report to the Chief of

  Army Staff at the Army Headquarters, Abuja.

  Submitting the report, the Chairman of the Board, Major General

  Adeniyi Oyebade, the General Officer Commanding 1 Division Nigerian

  Army, stated that the Board placed advertorials in the media

  requesting for memoranda from the public before they commenced

  sitting. In all, he stated that 23 officers and over 100 soldiers appeared

  before it as well as 62 civilians.

  According to him, the Board had made far-reaching recommendations

  that would assist the Nigerian Army and the nation in the future. He

  further added that; 2 officers were recommended for compulsory

  retirement from the Nigerian Army, 3 were to loose their command and

  1 was recommended for prosecution for collecting financial

  gratification. Other recommendations include placing 15 officers on

  watch list, 9 officers were to be further investigated by the Economic

  and Financial Crime Commission over allegations levelled against

  them. While 6 officers were to face an audit committee and 62 officers

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• (mostly of the rank of Majors-below) were to be given Letters of

  Displeasure and to appear before their respective General Officers

  Commanding for counselling.

  He thanked the Nigerian Army for the opportunity to serve and

  reiterated the Board’s members’ willingness to serve when called upon

  for any other such assignment. He also acknowledged the support and

  cooperation they received from the Nigerian Police and other security

  agencies, as well as the general public. The Board also commended

  Captain Sagir Koli for his non-partisanship and professional conduct.

  In his remarks while receiving the report, the Chief of Army Staff,

  Lieutenant General TY Buratai, thanked the Board for a thorough and

  dispassionate job devoid of influence from any quarters.

  He expressed delight that the Board, knowing the gravity and

  implication of their report on the careers of officers and impact on the

  Nigerian Army, discharged their assignment diligently and

  professionally. He assured them that the report would be reviewed

  accordingly, in line with Nigerian Army’s legal and administrative

  procedures.

  The Chief of Army Staff also enjoined members of the Board to share

  knowledge acquired in the course of their assignment with their

  colleagues for the benefit of the Nigerian Army and the nation. He

  further reiterated assurances that the Nigerian Army would continue

  to remain professional and apolitical in the discharge of its

  responsibilities.

  You are please requested to disseminate this information and attached

  photographs to the public through your medium.

  Thank you for your usual cooperation. 

   SANI KUKASHEKA USMAN

  Colonel

  Acting Director Army Public Relations