The Nigerian Army has debunked clams by a dismissed soldier, Trooper Temple Ahunanya that he was arrested, tried and sentenced to death for requesting better weapons to fight Boko Haram Insurgents.
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said this in a statement in Abuja.
Nwachukwu said that the dismissed soldier came up with the lies to whip up sentiment and defraud members of the public.
He said that Ahunanya passed through the rigorous military training but lacked the requisite qualities to progress with the profession.
According to him, Ahunanya is a bad egg and a cancerous element that negatively infiltrated the ranks, corrupting the good conduct and morale of troops in the process.
Nwachukwu further said that while in service, Ahunanya was rude, undisciplined, criminally minded and a very uncultured individual, who failed to imbibe the basic ethics and regimentation of the military profession.
