In light of the yuletide season celebrations accompanied with merryments and the holidays, the 54 Nigerian soldiers that were sentenced to death on Dec 17 for refusing to fight the terror Boko Haram group have reportedly endured days without food since being transferred from Abuja to a holding cell in Lagos last Sunday Dec 21 2014
Reports by PREMIUM TIMES reveals that they are held under conditions military sources have described as terrible and inhumane.
The essence of their transfer to the Lagos Cell was to get proper confirmation on their death sentence which could pave way for them to make appeals or perharps face the initial consequence.
Our military sources said "the convicted soldiers,
all serially shackled by their legs since departing Abuja on Sunday, are crammed in two cells without beds or food or any form of care-giving."....PREMIUM TIMES.
"The first cell has 30 soldiers. The second is underground and has 24 soldiers. There are no beds, no mattresses. The soldiers have not been fed since Sunday." the source said.
Nonetheless, the soldiers have since being in these condition since Sunday 21 Dec to Wed 24 Dec and It is not clear whether the situation has changed since Wednesday.
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