One year ago, the Nigerian Army compulsorily retired 38 officers, many of them the country’s brightest in internal and external security operations, but, ironically, forced out of serviceMost of the affected officers were neither queried nor indicted by any panel, but got flushed out for reasons that smack of high-level arbitrariness, witch-hunting and partisanship by authorities of the Army, a reason the victimised officers petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari in keeping with the armed forces...
“It should be recalled that not too long ago some officers were investigated for being partisan during the 2015 general elections,” the statement said. “I want to respectfully state that I was not in any way involved in any of the 2 issues stated as reasons for compulsory retirement of 38 officers of which I was among,” Abdufatai Mohammed, a retired Lieutenant Colonel, wrote in his petition.” I was never investigated at any time and have not committed any serious offence.
Sources told PREMIUM TIMES that the remaining 10 officers were simply retired because they were suspected to have failed to help the Buhari administration regime to power. That was the case of I.B. Lawson and G.O. Agachi who were defence attaches at Nigeria’s missions in China and Benin Republic respectively.
Similarly, in Rivers State, Army insiders said, APC officials accused four officers: B. Odiankpa attached to the 332 Air Defence Regiment; A.S. Mohammed attached to 5 Battalion, Elele; A. Adimoha attached to 2 Brigade Garrison, Port Harcourt; and T.O. Oladuntoye then of the 29 Battalion Port Harcourt of aiding the PDP in the state.
Seven colonels on the list of the compulsory retirees had no formal charge issued to them nor did they face any panel for fair hearing before they were laid off. PREMIUM TIMES checks indicated the army violated its own rules in the ways the officers were disengaged.
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Please let them apply for AMOTEKUN security job. Their service will be greatly appreciated. Neeeext.
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