An Abuja Court of Appeal has set aside the judgement of a special military Court-Martial that convicted a former Chief of Transformation and Innovation at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major General Ibrahim Sani.
Justice Tinuade Akomolade-Wilson ruled that the entire proceedings of the court-martial were conducted in a manner that breached and denied General Sani his right of fair hearing as contained in Section thirty six of 1999 Constitution.
General Sani was arraigned on May 20th, 2016, before the court-martial without any charge leveled against him. On July 4th, however, a nine-count charge bordering on service property, making of false documents and cheating, were filed against him.
The charge was in relation to his role in the facilitation for the allocation of a parcel of land in Asokoro Abuja, which was applied by and allocated to some officers of the Nigerian Army, Air Force and Navy by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The Army officer went to the Appeal Court challenging the decision of the special Court-Martial set up by the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai.
