Army demotes .Major General Adeniyi over complaints of lack of equipments to confront Boko Haram

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The Nigerian Army Court Martial has demoted Major General Olusegun Adeniyi for complaining that the military have insufficient equipments to confront the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists in a video that went viral on social media few months ago.

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General  Adeniyi was accused for violating military social media guidelines.

Adeniyi’s aide, Private Tokunbo Obanla, who was prosecuted alongside the general, was also found guilty and sentenced to 28 days in jail with hard labour.

Both convictions are subject to confirmation by the military authorities.

Sources said Adeniyi pleaded guilty to three-count of unlawful use of social media, and damage to service property amongst other issues.

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The verdict came eight months after a video of Adeniyi complaining about a lack of military equipment to combat Boko Haram insurgents in the North-East went viral.

He also complained that insurgents were outgunning troops, noting that intelligence failure was responsible for an attack by insurgents that claimed dozens of soldiers.

Embarrassed by the revelations, the Major-General was removed from the front and also suspended by the military authorities.

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Adeniyi had denied any wrongdoing, stating that he did not leak the video, adding that his phone was in Obanla’s custody at the time of the incident.

Obanla had in his statement allegedly admitted to posting the video on social media in error.

Adeniyi’s lawyers have vowed to appeal the judgment.

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