Read Why Top Nigerian Military Officers to face trial over Chibok girls

Nigerian Army has concluded arrangements to arraign
16 soldiers over the April 14, 2014, abduction of over 200
students of the Government Secondary School, Chibok in
Borno State.

Three of the soldiers are officers while the remaining 13
soldiers belong to other ranks.
A source said their trial would take place at the
headquarters of the 3rd Armoured Division, Rukuba in Jos
for security reasons.
It was gathered that the officers were being charged for
failure to perform military duty, an offence that attracts a
maximum of two years' imprisonment.
The source said, "The Lt. Colonel is being charged for
allegedly giving information without verification, negligent
performance of military duty and not going to reinforce the
place where the incident took place. The charge attracts a
maximum of two years' imprisonment."
Investigations revealed that the soldiers left their location in
Chibok to lay in ambush when they received a report that
insurgents were planning to attack them on the night the
schoolgirls were captured and taken hostage.


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