The Nigerian Army has dismissed allegation of ethnic bias in the trial of soldiers recently arraigned before a Court Martial in 82 Division, Enugu.
This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Saturday, by Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, Director, Army Public Relations.
Nwachukwu said that the Nigerian army was a composite national institution and not an ethnic militia.
He was reacting to a media report that there was a deliberate effort to convict soldiers of Southern extraction, while those from Northern Nigeria were allowed to go free.
He said the report alleged that some allegedly aggrieved soldiers who were arraigned before the court martial expressed the concern.
He noted that the misleading report was being circulated to cause disharmony within the army and by extension the Armed Forces of Nigeria.
According to him, the report is entirely bereft of any strand of truth and ultimately aimed at disparaging the current leadership of…
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