{"id":89636,"date":"2021-12-08T16:27:42","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=89636"},"modified":"2021-12-08T16:27:42","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T15:27:42","slug":"court-nullifies-sack-of-army-general-37-others-in-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/court-nullifies-sack-of-army-general-37-others-in-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Nullifies Sack Of Army General, 37 Others In 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1718589024990239588\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">An Industrial Court sitting in Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, on Tuesday declared as null, void and inconsequential, the sack of Brigadier General Abubakar Sadeeq Hanafi Sa\u2019ad, the former Director of Military Intelligence (DMI), by the military high command.<\/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\">\nThe Court said his dismissal, along with Thirty Seven other Nigeria Army personnel in 2016 was illegal. The Court also declared that most of the dismissed officer\u2019s sack did not follow due process.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">It said most of the affected officers were neither queried nor indicted by any constituted panel. They were however allegedly summarily sacked and ejected from the service in an arbitrary manner.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Court also said their manner of disengagement smacked of high-handedness and witch-hunting by authorities of the army, under the leadership of Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Tukur Buratai.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Consequently, the Court ordered that General Sa\u2019ad be re-instated into the Nigeria Army with full benefits.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Judge, Benedict Kanyip, said the claimant had proved his case far beyond every reasonable doubt which shows that he was wrongfully and illegally disengaged from the service.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Judge also declared that, upon his judgment, the law ceases to see the General as formerly disengaged. He said it is because the Army failed to prove did that Mr Sa\u2019ad deserved the ill treatment in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Judge stated that the claimant\u2019s prayer for re-instatement can not be granted beyond 2019, when he should have attained the mandatory thirty five years of active service. He also refused to grant the request of the claimant for promotion to the rank of Major General, like his peers until they retired in 2019.<\/p><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nThe Presiding Judge said: \u201cThe retirement of the claimant dated 9th June, 2016 is in contravention of the Armed Forces Act and Condition of Service. The decision is null and void. The Defendant shall re-instate the Claimant as a Brigadier General of the Nigerian Army up to 2019. 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