Court orders Nigerian Army to reinstate 70 court-martial convicted soldiers pardoned by Buhari
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) in Lagos has ordered the reinstatement of 70 dismissed soldiers into the Nigerian Army following a presidential pardon granted by former President Muhammadu Buhari in 2022.” He also ordered the Chief of Army Staff to reinstate them “into the Nigerian Army with effect from 18 July 2022 (the date of the presidential pardon).
In a judgement delivered on 20 July, the judge, Sanda Yelwa, ordered that the dismissed military personnel are “reinstated into the Nigerian Army, the legal basis for their dismissal having been completely obliterated.
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