Tope Oshin
The Nigerian army has changed the death sentences handed down to 66 soldiers for mutiny last year to 10 years in prison, Bloomberg is reporting.
The chief of army staff reviewed the sentences after several petitions, spokesman Sani Kukasheka Usman said in an e-mailed statement on Saturday.
A Nigerian military court sentenced the soldiers to death by firing squad in 2014 because of reluctance to fight against the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.
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