CDS decries delayed suspects’ trial
The Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, has lamented the delay in the trial of suspects handed over to civil authorities for prosecution.
About 2000 suspected Boko Haram terrorists arrested by security agencies had yet to be tried.
According to Musa, the slow pace of criminal trials was posing a challenge to the operations of the military.
A statement by the Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, on Tuesday night, quoted Musa as saying this when the Kaduna state governor, Uba Sani paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
The statement partly read, “The CDS noted that one of the challenges facing the Military in the discharge of its duties is the administrative bottlenecks involved in the dispensation of judicial cases involving criminals handed over to the civil authority for prosecution.”
Musa was also quoted as saying the Armed Forces of Nigeria planned to review its operational modes.
He also assured that the military’s kinetic and non-kinetic operations would be bolstered to combat insecurity in the country.
