Blessing Tunoh
Updated January 12, 2021
The four soldiers and the another said to have killed a 12-year-old boy appear before the 7 Division General Court Marshal in Borno State on January 12, 2021.
Four soldiers have been sentenced to jail terms ranging from one to four years for torturing a civilian to death.
The erring soldiers are Sani Ishaya, Bidemi Fabiyi, Abdulrasheed Adamu, and Bala Musa.
They were sentenced on Tuesday following their arraignment for manslaughter by the Nigerian Army before the 7 Division General Court Marshal, Operation Lafiya Dole, Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Ishaya, who was arraigned along with the others for torturing Peter Apogu to death over suspected theft, was sentenced to four years imprisonment.