A court-martial sitting in Maiduguri, Borno State capital has sentenced Trooper Azunna Maduabuchi to death by firing squad.
Maduabuchi was sentenced for killing the adjutant of his unit, one Lieutenant Babakaka Ngorgi in July 2020 at close range in Bama Local Government of Borno State for refusing to grant him a welfare pass.
The trial that led to the conviction of the condemned did not reveal if the soldier had any personal grudges with the officer he killed.
Mr Maduabuchi, a private soldier, pleaded guilty but argued that his action was accidental.
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Four other soldiers arraigned for manslaughter were sentenced to various years of imprisonment. Sergeant Sani Ishaya was sentenced to four years, Bidemi Fabiyi sentenced to two years while Private Musa Bala and Private Abdulraheed Adamu were sentenced to one-year imprisonment.
Another soldier Mohammed Kudu was sentenced to three years imprisonment shooting a 12-year-old boy at a wedding.
Lance Corporal Aja Emmanuel arraigned for a lone charge of assault has been de-ranked and now a private soldier.
The arraignment and sentencing of the erring soldiers is in accordance with Section 106 of the Armed Forces Act.
