The Federal Government has been implored to urgently recall the over 10,000 Nigerian soldiers alleged to have been unjustly dismissed from the military since.....
1979 to assist in combating the rising insurgency in parts of the country.
The affected former soldiers, in a letter, also appealed to the National Security Council to look into the issues leading to their dismissal and temper justice with mercy by recalling them into the service, saying they had much to offer in the security sector.
According to the letter, the officers were trained in Nigerian Army Drill School, Zaria and other military institutions after which they were dismissed from service.
“Some of us have undergone several trainings in the Nigerian School of Artillery, Kachia, Kaduna State and acquired unquantifiable knowledge during these trainings,” the letter read in part.
Meanwhile, a security analyst has backed the appeal for the affected officers to be recalled, saying their re-absorption into the service would help in the fight against insurgency.
It was gathered that a process that was initiated by the former Chief of Defence Staff, Paul Dike, to review the cases of the affected officers with a view to re-absorbing them was suspended after some of them were recalled.
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