For Wishing Buhari Death While He Was In The Uk, Top Nigerian Army General Faces Military Court Martial

For Wishing Buhari Death While He Was In The Uk, Top Nigerian Army General Faces Military Court Martial

Brigadier-General Lym Hassan (N/826), will face prosecution by a Military Court-Martial, for falsely claiming that President Muhammadu Buhari had died, when he was hospitalized in London, and for demanding a $600,000 bribe from a Defense Contractor.

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According to the Nigerian Army Headquarters charge sheet exclusively obtained by Sahara Reporters, the first of the two-count charge, stated that Brigadier-General Hassan, in a phone conversation on January 17, told one Yarima Ibrahim, that President Buhari was dead.

Ibrahim’s address, according to the charge sheet signed by Major-General JS Malu, and dated October 11, is 2nd Avenue, EFAB Estate, Life Camp, Abuja.

The alleged offence, the charge sheet stated, was “prejudicial to good order and service discipline”, and amounted to a contravention of Section 103 (1) of the Armed Forces Act, AFA, CAP 20 LFN 2004.

On the second count, Brigadier-General Hassan was alleged to have on February 24, demanded a bribe of $600,000 from OPEMS Integrated Concepts Limited.

The demand was allegedly made in respect of a contract awarded for the relocation of Nigeria Level 11 Hospital, Mali, to its permanent site in Timbuktu.

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According to the Army Headquarters, the alleged offense amounted to scandalous conduct, and is a contravention of Section 91 of the Armed Forces Act, AFA, CAP A 20 LFN 2004.