Nigerian Army Reinstates 3,032 Dismissed Soldiers

                   

Nigerian Army has confirmed the reinstatement of 3,032 out of 5,000 soldiers dismissed by a  committee setup by the Chief of Army Staff.Major Gen Buratai
This was made known in a statement by the acting Director of Army Public Relations, Col Sani Usman.

“You would recall that the Nigerian Army sometime ago instituted a committee to review the recent disciplinary cases in the service, especially of those soldiers in the defunct ‘Operation Zaman Lafiya.The committee has concluded its initial sitting and has made certain recommendation that led to the reinstatement of 3, 032 soldiers out of 5,000 cases reviewed so far.The cases reviewed were only disciplinary as no criminal cases were considered, the review is ongoing but the bulk of the work has been done for the time being. He said
He added that those reinstated have commenced retraining in Niger at a military facility,in readiness for redeployment to operational bases.

“The reinstated soldiers have shown their total readiness to be re-launched into theatre to combat insurgency and have commenced a re-training at the Nigerian Army Training Centre, Kontagora, Niger.This training is to re-orientate the affected soldiers and prepare them for the closing stage of the operational aspect of the counter-insurgency operations with more weapons and new leadership.It must, however, be made clear that not all dismissed soldiers were granted pardon and recalled, those with criminal cases, had their sentences upheld,’’ he said