Afrigather Corporal Harmless Joseph and Lance Corporal Jacob Gani drove an Acura Jeep into the Dangote Refineries in Lagos, and almost drove out with 897 armoured cables however for safety checks on the gate.
It turned out the 2 simply robbed Africa’s largest refinery, and so they by no means knew it.
The Nigeria Military authorities stated on investigation, the 2 troopers confessed {that a} contractor named Good engaged them.
The sensible contractor didn’t inform grunts they have been going to rob; he introduced them to retrieve some cables that had been left behind on the facility.
However when it turned apparent that they had run out of luck, Good left them, and took a stroll.
Military spokesperson Main Normal Onyema Nwachukwu stated the 2 troopers have been dismissed, and handed over to police for prosecution.
The 2 first confronted trial for what the Military referred to as ‘Failure to Carry out Army Duties punishable underneath part 57, sub-section (1), and Different Civil Offences punishable underneath part 114, sub-section (1) of the Armed Forces Act CAP A20, the Regulation of the Federation of Nigeria 2004’
“Throughout the trial, the proof towards them was introduced, and so they have been allowed to current their instances and defend themselves. They have been, nevertheless, discovered responsible of the costs leveled towards them in accordance with navy legal guidelines,” the major-general stated.
