Nigeria, May 16 -- The Supreme Court on Friday cleared a former General Officer Commanding (GOC) 8 Division of the Nigerian Army, Hakeem Otiki, six years after he was demoted and dismissed over the disappearance of N100 million belonging to the military.

In a unanimous judgement delivered by a five-member panel, the Supreme Court upheld an earlier decision of the Court of Appeal which nullified Mr Otiki's conviction by a General Court Martial convened by the Nigerian Army.

The judgement effectively ended the prolonged legal battle between the retired major general and the Nigerian Army over the controversial trial that followed the disappearance of the money in July 2019.

Mr Otiki was convicted in 2020 after soldiers attached to the mi...