Femi Falana, human
rights lawyer, has written President Muhammadu Buhari, urging him to pardon 70
soldiers convicted for mutiny.
The military authorities arrested them in 2014,
for failing to confront Boko Haram insurgents.
They were sentenced to life imprisonment, but
their jail sentence was commuted to 10 years under the current administration.
However, Falana is asking Buhari to let the
soldiers off the hook.
Falana appealed to Buhari
to consider the soldiers on the grounds that the money meant for procuring arms
which the soldiers were supposed to used in fighting had been diverted.
He also argued that the armed forces act
guaranteed them the right to lay complaint without being penalised.
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