The Nigerian Army has resumed the prosecution of 19 senior officers of the service facing prosecution for alleged offences in the ongoing operation against the Boko Haram in the North East.
One of the lawyers familiar with the case said that the Army authorities resumed the trial at the Ikeja Cantonment, Ikeja on Monday after a long wait.
The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army convened the General Court Martial to try 23 officers of the Army for various offences under the directive of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Kenneth Minimah, (retd) in October, 2014.
The lawyer said that the Military Court Martial had only been able to try and conclude the cases involving four officers since the court started sitting in 2014.
The accused officers became agitated when their trial became stalled because of the alleged assignment of some of the court officers to other military duties.
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