{"id":81319,"date":"2021-05-30T11:46:29","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T10:46:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81319"},"modified":"2021-05-30T11:46:29","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T10:46:29","slug":"army-discharges-3040-soldiers-over-hard-drugs-murder-rape-cowardice-in-combat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/army-discharges-3040-soldiers-over-hard-drugs-murder-rape-cowardice-in-combat\/","title":{"rendered":"Army discharges 3,040 soldiers over hard drugs, murder, rape, cowardice in combat"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1701179068973308345\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Authorities of the Nigerian Army have ordered the dismissal (discharge) of 3,040 soldiers from service for various offences including the use and possession of hard drugs, involvement in rape cases, going on AWOL and perpetrating murder.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Many others were sent packing for chickening out during battle while others engaged in forgery, drunkenness, disobedience to orders, absence from duty\/parade and failure to perform military duty.Sources including those affected said some soldiers were discharged for insubordination, extortion, defilement, BVN issues, and conduct prejudicial to service discipline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Furthermore, some soldiers were dismissed for conspiracy, \u2018misfire,\u2019 stealing, impersonation, attempted rape, assault, the unlawful release of prisoners and cheating.Sources said the names of the discharged soldiers whose compilation dated as far back as 2018 contained in a 90-page document with the title, \u201cList of soldiers dismissed from the Nigerian Army\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The document further said more than 1,000 soldiers were discharged for going on AWOL (Away Without Leave), while hundreds of others were sacked for desertion.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20 others were equally dismissed for having Relationships and foreign spouses pregnancy without marriage.<\/p>\n<p>The Army also to\u1ecdk punitive measures against Soldiers caught in the act of attempting to have sex with a colleague\u2019s wife, behaving contrary to service discipline by attending civilian burials in military uniforms due to pecuniary gains, negligence and loss of ammunition, theft of rifles and sleeping on sentry duty, as well as travelling without a pass.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Authorities of the Nigerian Army have ordered the dismissal (discharge) of 3,040 soldiers from service for various offences including the use and possession of hard drugs, involvement in rape cases,&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":81321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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