Nigerian government has been ordered by an Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) Court which sat in Abuja on Thursday June 25 to pay arrears of salaries and other entitlements to 244 soldiers dismissed from the Nigerian Army in 2016.
Recall that the 244 soldiers dragged the Nigerian government to court after being accused of abandoning the Boko Haram insurgency fight and fleeing over alleged inadequate provision of arms and ammunition.
The concerned soldiers demanded an enforcement of their fundamental human rights including the right to their salaries and entitlements.
According to report, Justice Keikura Bangura rejected the soldiers’ request to be reinstated into the army but upheld their application that their sack violated their human rights including right to work and fair hearing.
The ECOWAS court which faulted the decision of the Nigerian Army to dismiss the soldiers on May 15, 2019, ordered the Nigerian government to pay all arrears of monthly allowances and salaries and other entitlements of the affected soldiers up to January 2016.