Alas, Victory at Last: Supreme Court Judgment Favours Military Veterans Over Land and Rank
By Our Reporter Years of legal battles and prolonged ucertainty, a group of military veterans as finally secured victory at the Supreme Court of Nigeria, which ruled in their favour in a dispute involving landed property and the restoration of Major General Ibrahim Sani’s rank. The judgment brings to a close a long-standing case between the veterans and the Nigerian Army, ending a protracted legal contest that moved through several layers of the judicial system before reaching the nation’s apex court. At the heart of the dispute was a parcel of land — Plot 2303, Asokoro Cadastre A04, located behind Mogadishu Cantonment (formerly Sani Abacha Barracks) in Abuja — originally allocated to veterans who served the country in various military operations, including peacekeeping missions under the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) and other national assignments. The veterans argued that the property was intended to serve as part of their welfare and post-service entitlements in recog...