Nigeria: Mutiny - Army Authorities Place Soldiers On Half Salary

18 October 2014

Abuja — Indications have emerged that the 97 soldiers including four (4) Lieutenant Colonels, a Major and four (4) Army Captains who are currently facing trial at a General Court Martial at the AHQ Garrison headquarters at the Mogadishu Cantonment, have been placed on half salaries.

It was gathered that the decision of the Army High Command to put the soldiers on half salary which is in tandem with the terms and conditions (TACOS) of military statutes, will be in place until the trial of the soldiers whose tenure is unknown, ends.

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