Why NDA Can ’t Expel Cadets For Torturing Civilian – Commandant

The Nigerian Defence Academy , NDA , yesterday
explained why it could not expel some cadets
captured on video torturing a civilian for no just
cause .
Nigerians cried out in condemnation of some
cadets led by a female , who were shown in a
video clip , which went viral last month ,
dehumanizing a young man , later identified as
Amari Sunday, a staff of Abuja Park “N ” Pay,
for allegedly commending the beauty of one of
the female cadets.
While majority of Nigerians called for the
expulsion of the cadets, the Commandant of the
elite Nigerian military training institution , Major
General Mohammed Ibrahim, said they could not
be expelled because the time to prosecute them
had lapsed .
According to the NDA Commandant , the time
frame for expelling any cadet for wrongdoing
must not exceed six months from the date the
alleged offence was committed.
Speaking at the matriculation ceremony of 466
officer cadets of the 67th Regular Course, Maj . -
Gen. Ibrahim noted that the incident in question
took place two years ago when the cadets were
first termers and had just been in the academy for
only three months .
While noting that appropriate disciplinary action
had already been taken on the cadets, he urged
the newly matriculated ones to consider
themselves lucky to have successfully passed the
one month intensive military training.
Ibrahim assured that the NDA would give their
welfare priority while the enabling academic
environment would be provided for their study .
The NDA , situated in Kaduna State was founded
in 1964 in response to the defence needs of the
country, which gained independence four years
earlier, to train officers for the Armed Forces of
Nigeria .