Court-Martial: Appeal Court Sets Aside Conviction Of Army General - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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April 26, 2019
An Abuja Court of Appeal has set aside the judgementof a special military Court-Martial that convicted a former Chief ofTransformation and Innovation at the Nigerian Army Headquarters, Major GeneralIbrahim Sani.
Justice Tinuade Akomolade-Wilson ruled that theentire proceedings of the court-martial were conducted in a manner thatbreached and denied General Sani his right of fair hearing as contained inSection thirty six of 1999 Constitution.
General Sani was arraigned on May 20th, 2016, beforethe court-martial without any charge leveled against him. On July 4th, however,a nine-count charge bordering on service property, making of false documentsand cheating, were filed against him.
The charge was in relation to his role in thefacilitation for the allocation of a parcel of land in Asokoro Abuja, which wasapplied by and allocated to some officers of the Nigerian Army, Air Force andNavy by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory.
The Army officer went to the Appeal Courtchallenging the decision of the special Court-Martial set up by the Chief ofArmy Staff, Tukur Buratai.