The Nigerian army has advised officers who were given a compulsory retirement in 2016, especially Colonel Danladi Hassan to obey the peculiarity of Military Service, under the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Officer 2021 particularly Chapter 1 Paragraph 01.04 (I).
The Army gave this advise while responding via a letter, with ref HQ DLS/A/GI/300/56 dated October 7, 2022, addressed to Alagbaoso against a petition filed by Colonel Danladi Hassan, who appeared before the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petitions, insisted the Army obey the Court of Appeal order to reinstate him with full benefits.
The presentation by Nigerian Army was made by Major P. C. Obinyan.
Nigerian Army in their letter responding to Chairman of the Committee, Jerry Alagbaoso who wrote to the Army demanding their appearance before the lawmakers and to put their position in writing and present it at the resumed hearing said, the military recommended that the petitioner retain his substantive rank of Colonel, and offered gratuity, pension, certificate of military service and a retired officers’ identity Card.
“The petitioner’s additional request for reinstatement and payment of salaries and allowances for the period he did not work is difficult because of the peculiarity of Military Service, under the Harmonised Terms and Conditions of Service Officer 2021 particularly Chapter 1 Paragraph 01.04 (I).
The Nigerian Army stated that “Bringing the petitioner to service as a Colonel when his juniors are already on the rank of General will affect military discipline as he will not be 100% loyal to his superiors who were his juniors; thereby having a negative effect on military command and control”, the memo reads in part.
The Army said in the interest of justice, the recommendation is for the petitioner to write to the Army Council to convert his compulsory retirement to voluntary retirement.
The Army said in the interest of justice, the recommendation is for the petitioner to write to the Army Council to convert his compulsory retirement to voluntary retirement.
Responding to Nigerian Army presentation at the Reps sitting, Colonel Hassan maintained his stance that the Army obey the subsisting judgement of the Court of Appeal which ordered reinstatement.
The committee therefore advised Hassan to study the document submitted by the Army authorities and decide on what to do next.Spye TV reports that, Hassan, Colonel Mohammed Suleiman, Colonel Chidi Ukoha, Lieutenant Colonel Abdulfatai Mohammed and others were asked to retire in 2016.
The affected officers were nine Major Generals, 11 Brigadier Generals, seven colonels and 11 Lieutenant Colonels. They are Maj Gen MY Ibrahim, Maj Gen SD Aliyu, Maj Gen FO Alli, Maj Gen IN Ijioma, Maj Gen Ejemai, Maj Gen LC Ilo, Maj Gen Ude, Maj Gen EJ Atewe and Maj Gen LI Wiwa.
The Brigadier Generals are Brig Gen LM Bello, Brig Gen ASH Saad, Brig Gen Mormoni-Bashir, Brig Gen DM Onoyvieta, Brig Gen B Fibuonuma, Brig Gen Koko-Essien, Brig Gen IM Lawson, Brig Gen AI Onibasa, Brig Gen D Abdulsalam and Brig Gen Aghachi.
The Colonels are Col DR Hassan, Col MA Suleiman, Col FD Kayode, Col TT Minimah, Col FE Ekpenyong, Col OU Nwankwo and Col CK Ukoha.
The Lieutenant Colonel are: Lt Col TO Oladuntoye, Lt Col CO Amadi, Lt Col OA Baba-Ochankpa, Lt Col E Egemole, Lt Col KO Adimoha, Lt Col DB Dazang, Lt Col T Arigbe, Lt Col Enemchukwu, Lt Col GC Nyekwu, Lt Col A Mohammed, Lt Col AS Mohammed and Major TA Williams .
In 2019, the National Industrial Court (NIC) sitting in Abuja ordered that the Nigerian Army reabsorb Colonel Hassan. The ruling was upheld by the Court of Appeal.
But the ruling is yet to be respected, prompting the officers to petition the Green Chamber of the National Assembly to wade into the matter.
But the ruling is yet to be respected, prompting the officers to petition the Green Chamber of the National Assembly to wade into the matter.
