Military Arrests 16 Officers Over Indiscipline, Service Violations

The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) announced connected Saturday that it has arrested 16 officers implicit alleged acts of indiscipline and violations of Service regulations.

Preliminary findings indicated that the officers’ actions were linked to frustrations implicit repeated failures successful promotion examinations and concerns astir stalled vocation progression.

In a statement, the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, said the behaviour of the affected officers fell abbreviated of the standards expected successful the military.

He explained that immoderate of the officers were already nether probe for different offences and were either connected proceedings oregon awaiting tribunal proceedings.

“The Armed Forces of Nigeria wishes to pass the nationalist that a regular subject workout has resulted successful the apprehension of sixteen officers implicit issues of indiscipline and breach of work regulations,” the connection read.

“Investigations person revealed that their grievances stemmed mostly from perceived vocation stagnation caused by repeated nonaccomplishment successful promotion examinations, among different issues. Some of the apprehended officers had been nether jurisdiction for assorted offences, either awaiting oregon undergoing trial. Their behaviour was deemed incompatible with the standards of subject service.

“Upon completion of investigations, indicted officers volition look the afloat subject disciplinary process successful accordance with established procedures, to guarantee accountability and sphere professionalism wrong the Armed Forces.

“The Armed Forces wishes to guarantee the nationalist that these actions are strictly disciplinary successful quality and portion of regular efforts to support order, discipline, and loyalty wrong the ranks.

“The Armed Forces volition not tolerate behaviour that undermines the integrity of the instauration oregon threatens its law relation nether antiauthoritarian authority. The Armed Forces of Nigeria remains afloat committed to its law responsibilities and volition stay professional at all times.”