Wives Of Detained Soldiers Plead For Husbands’ Pardon In Borno

Wives of detained soldiers accused of assorted offences successful the ongoing combat against Boko Haram/ISWAP insurgents successful Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, person successful the tone of 65th Independence Anniversary pleaded with President Bola Tinubu and the subject authorities to tamper justness with mercy by granting them pardon.

The women, numbering implicit 30 with immoderate carrying small children, including relatives and friends, stormed Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) Press Centre successful Maiduguri connected Wednesday to marque their case.

Spokesperson of the women group, Mrs. Rose Emmanuel David, portion briefing journalists, said immoderate of their husbands were detained by committing assorted insignificant offences for implicit a twelvemonth now, stressing that they recovered it precise hard to header with the household burdens arsenic they were forced to prosecute into menial jobs to carter for their children’s schoolhouse fees and feeding.

They argued that the Federal Government and subject authorities person been implicit the years granting pardon to members of Boko Haram terrorists, bandits and different criminals, saying that it was besides imperative for them to dependable retired their plight by pleading connected behalf of their husbands who were detained successful Military Police (MP) installation successful Maiduguri, to besides person their state and reunite with their families.

“We are present connected behalf of our husbands who were detained soldiers of the Nigerian Army astatine the 7 Division Military Police Facility, Maiduguri.

“We humbly entreaty for mercy and forgiveness. Many person been held for months and years implicit assorted offences. They person since acknowledged their mistakes, person profoundly reflected, and present question a 2nd accidental to service their state with renewed loyalty.

“We respectfully telephone connected His Excellency, President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to assistance them a statesmanlike pardon.

“We besides entreaty to the National Assembly, the Executive Governor of Borno State Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, and each Nigerians of goodwill to enactment this plea.

“It is important to retrieve that amnesty has been extended to repentant insurgents and bandits who erstwhile raised arms against the state.

“These soldiers are Nigerians excessively – men who erstwhile risked their lives to support our radical and sphere our nation. They merit the aforesaid mercy, truthful they tin erstwhile again combat for peace, unity, and security.

“This is not a telephone for sympathy, but for justness with compassion. Their work and sacrifices should not beryllium forgotten. Granting them pardon volition not lone reconstruct their dignity but besides fortify the enslaved of spot betwixt the federation and those who support it,” Mrs. David pleaded.

LEADERSHIP recalls that past week, a Special Court Martial (SCM) convened by the Acting General Officer Commanding 7 Division Nigerian Army and Sector 1 Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), Brigadier General Ugochukwu Unachukwu, had slammed 2 elder non-commissioned officers and 2 non-commisioned officers for arms/ammunition racketeering arsenic good arsenic aiding and abetting the enemy of the state.