A special court-martial of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri, Borno State, has sentenced three soldiers to life imprisonment and another to 15 years for illegal arms deals carried out in connivance with police officers and terrorists. The soldiers were convicted of offences ranging from theft and unlawful dealing in ammunition to aiding the enemy, all punishable under the Armed Forces Act. Records showed he collected more than ₦500,000 from the transactions before he was arrested while attempting to sell more ammunition. Condemning the convicts, Abdullahi described them as “bad eggs” who betrayed the trust, discipline, and honour expected of soldiers in the fight against insurgency. He restated the army’s zero-tolerance stance on the sale of arms or ammunition to adversaries “in whatever form or guise.”