Labaran cited the “bureaucracy” involved in bringing the soldiers to court and the need to allow the case to begin as the reason for the amendment on Monday. The soldiers, whose names were removed in the amended charges are Captain Tijjani Balarabe; Staff Sgt. Names of a policeman, ASP Aondona Iorbee, and one Ahmad Suleiman (aka Dan Ball), were also struck off the charge. The SAN, however, said government should be given benefit of the doubt, as there might be a move to court-martial the soldiers. Adegboruwa said, “Under the Armed Forces Act, the soldiers will probably go through the court martial, because the military have their own system of prosecution.

Source: Punch June 08, 2020 23:15 UTC