A convicted service personnel can have their rights and privileges reviewed, reduced or removed.
Atotal of 158 military personnel comprising 130 soldiers and 28 officers are to face a court martial for offences bordering on alleged professional misconduct.
Inaugurated Saturday at the Maimalari Cantonment in Maiduguri by the Theatre Commander of the Joint Task Force “Operation Hadin Kai”, Christopher Musa, members of the panel include Bainze Mohammed, Dominic Udofa, Audu Satomi, and Rotimi Bakari.
Mr Musa said to keep the military in a state of readiness, the leadership must be ready to enforce internal discipline effectively, in accordance with extant laws.
He explained that court martial trials are regimental and judicial exercises, which may review, reduce or remove the rights and privileges of any convicted service personnel.
Mr Musa said the court deals with matters pertaining directly to regimentation, discipline, efficiency and morale of military personnel, with the court martial backed by law.
It was earlier reported that, Shehu urged members of the public to disregard the report and appealed to newsmen to always verify before publishing contents.
The statement reads: “The attention of Zamfara police command has been drawn to a fake news trending on social media platforms with regards to the arrest of seven serving soldiers of the Nigerian Army for being involved in banditry in the state.
“The command wishes to debunk the story and further make it categorically clear that records at the moment indicate no arrest of any member of the military as being speculated in social media.
“The command, therefore, enjoins members of the public to discountenance the fake news and further warns against spreading fake and unsubstantiated information, as any person or group found will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
The reports that seven soldiers of the Nigerian Army were arrested in Zamfara over links with banditry have been debunked by the State Police Command.
A statement released on Saturday by the spokesperson of the Zamfara State Police Command, SP Mohammed Shehu said the trending report on social media about the arrest is fake.
Shehu urged members of the public to disregard the report and appealed to newsmen to always verify before publishing contents.
The statement reads: “The attention of Zamfara police command has been drawn to a fake news trending on social media platforms with regards to the arrest of seven serving soldiers of the Nigerian Army for being involved in banditry in the state.
“The command wishes to debunk the story and further make it categorically clear that records at the moment indicate no arrest of any member of the military as being speculated in social media.
“The command, therefore, enjoins members of the public to discountenance the fake news and further warns against spreading fake and unsubstantiated information, as any person or group found will be made to face the full wrath of the law.”
“Members of the press and other social media users are urged to seek clarifications from appropriate authorities on any information that comes their way before going on air”, he appealed.
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Meanwhile, operatives of the Nigerian Army have confirmed the killing of three unknown gunmen at a police checkpoint in Anambra State.
A statement delivered to newsmen on Saturday by the Director Army Public Relations, Brig Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, revealed that the gallant troops of Sector 5 of Exercise Golden Dawn deployed to the South-East, countered the gunmen with superior firepower, forcing them to flee the scene.
The assailants, according to the statement, were followed and the troops successfully neutralized them at the Police checkpoint along Okija-Onitsha expressway on 7 October.
