By Caleb Ayansina

ABUJA – THE Primate, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion), the Most Rev. Nicholas Okoh, weekend, called on the Presidency to tamper justice with mercy in the case of 12 soldiers recently sentenced to death by the Military for mutiny.

A military court-martial had on September 15, 2015, sentenced 12 Nigerian soldiers to death after they were found guilty of committing mutiny in Maiduguri, Borno State, between May 13 and 14, 2014.

Reacting to this development, the Primate noted that though military law was strict and must be upheld, the country had already recorded enough casualties in the ongoing insurgency, adding that it would be inadvisable for the Presidency to add to the list.

Okoh made the appeal at the sixth Diocesan Communicators synod, tagged; ‘Diocesan Communicator not a Honourary Title; Communication Skill Acquisition, Sharing and Practice’, held at St Matthias, Wuse Zone 3 Abuja.

He said the nation had invested so much in their lives, and that their errors should not be placed over good things they had done for the country.

The primate said, “We want to make an appeal to say they should tamper justice with mercy and spared their lives. The reason why their lives should be spared, they have invested their lives in the defence of the nation, you should not only see their errors, you should equally see the good things they have done.”