The funeral was attended by his mother, Mrs Kate Dioma; uncle, Justice Daniel Isiagor of the Federal High Court; lawyer, Dr Johnson Oyewole; and representatives of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai.
A general court martial had in February sentenced Majors Akeem Oseni and Ogbemudia Osawe, and Second Lieutenant Nuhu Dogary to 10 years’ imprisonment for torturing Collins to death.
The officers were found guilty of manslaughter by the GMC comprised of the President, Brig. Gen. G. Umelo; Brig. Gen. S. Aliyu; Brig. Gen, A. Edet; Brig. N. Mohammed; and Cols. K. Ndamadu, T. Agbor, and I. Tanko.
The convicts were said to have moved Collins from a guardroom at Mogadishu Barracks to a bush near the Ihejirika Quarters along the Abuja-Nyanya Expressway, where he was assaulted while in handcuffs and leg chains.
Collins, who hailed from Rivers State, died after the assault, which took place on February 23, 2017, and his corpse was deposited in Asokoro General Hospital morgue.
From Punch
Only 10 years???
ReplyDeleteGod I hate this country..Just 10 years for killing a fellow man 😭😭😢😢😢😢😢
DeleteAre we not even lucky they got anything?? And all that is cos his uncle is a judge. God knows how many they have killed and brushed off. It is well.
DeleteCan you imagine
DeleteJust 10 years. So sad..........
DeleteI see holes and subterfuge in this story.
ReplyDelete1. They did not tell us the soldier's offence that warranted torture
2. The burial with military honor was
due to his uncle being a justice of the courts in Nigeria.
Will any other common soldier have been accorded same honor?
What else did they cover with his corpse?
Sad. 60 years of grand coverups.
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
In order words, they do not deserve to be punished since you were not informed ahead. This person, you are truly sick as people insinuate here. You need help.
DeleteYou are not serious, are you?
DeleteTorture ur fellow human being to death? Omg, na their wives i dey pity. Eh gawd
ReplyDeleteJesus! One of them was my classmate in secondary school... What the hell happened?
DeleteI did not read that these senior officers were stripped of their
ReplyDeleteranks and expelled from the army.
So after 10 years, they come back to
torture more soldiers to death?
😮😮😮😮
Please google the full judgement document for more details.
DeleteRip soldier but how you died is painful.
ReplyDeleteBastards!!!! I hate these people so much.
ReplyDeleteI did my IT in a military hospital years back and it irks me how they mete out severe punishments for simingly minor offenses.
useless fellows. just imagine what they can do to a civilian they don't know if they can do this much to a colleague.
seemingly.
DeleteWtf is 10yrs imprisonment? For such a hideous crime?!
ReplyDeleteC'mon!,Handcuff them backwards,gag them, cover their head with plastic garbage bags and watch as life leave their bodies..
That will serve as a deterrent to the other demented A-holes!
That would be the right sentence @Onyinyechukwu.
DeleteA life for a life.
Interesting how we think. A deterrent indeed.
DeleteWhy weren't they sentenced to death? These people are evil
ReplyDeleteBecause there is a stipulated minimum and maximum number of years for each offence in different courts and countries.
DeleteThere is also the issue of lesser sentences when a plea is entered.
We should learn to read about different topics just for the heck of it. Makes for more robust conversations.
The offenders should not only be given prison sentences but stripped of their military ranks....
ReplyDeleteand why wait 3 long years to bury him?
lots of holes in this story...
May his soul continue to rest in peace.
This is so sad to read... These men in uniform are merciless
ReplyDeleteThis is really sad.. What do he do that they had to treat him this way, what manner of heartlessness is this
ReplyDelete10 years is too damn small!!!
ReplyDeleteThis is wickedness, may their conscience never find peace. Rip to the Junior soldier
ReplyDeleteThe sad part is Akeem is in prison for making an order. He didnt ask them to torture to death nor was he the one that tortured him. Military and politics eehn 5&6. May Collins soul rip
ReplyDelete10 yrs might not be enough but they will useless when they get out. I can't even imagine what his poor mother is going through.
ReplyDeleteMay His soul rest in peace.
You think they will come out of prison alive? I laugh in Swahili.
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