The soldiers who dragged the Nigerian government to court
after being accused of allegedly abandoning the Boko Haram insurgency fight and
fleeing over alleged inadequate provision of arms and ammunition, demanded an
enforcement of their fundamental human rights, including the right to their
salaries and entitlements.
Premium Times reported that Justice Keikura Bangura who
rejected the soldiers' request to be reinstated into the army, upheld their
application that their sack violated their human rights, including right to
work and fair hearing.
The ECOWAS court which faulted the decision of the Nigerian
Army to dismiss the soldiers on May 15, 2019, ordered the Nigerian government
to pay all arrears of monthly allowances and salaries and other entitlements of
the affected soldiers up to January 2016.
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