SUMMARY OF FACTS Applicant’s Case The facts as averred are that the Applicants (244 enlisted soldiers) were until their dismissal in 2016, soldiers in the Nigerian Army. They stated that some of them were stationed in the Nigerian Army School of Infantry in Jaji, Kaduna State whilst some were Rukubu Barracks in Jos, the Plateau State capital or on military assignment prior to their dismissal. That whilst serving, the Armed Forces Act regulated the terms and conditions of their service. That the Applicants enlisted into the Nigerian Army from periods ranging from 3 to 36 years. The Applicants aver that some of them in Rukubu Barracks were given forms to fill by the Military Police Commander. That they were all drafted to the North east Geopolitical Zone of the Respondent State to quell the dreadful Islamic Sect, Boko Haram in 2014. That they participated actively in this assignment especially on the attack of the 28th October, 2014 in the North East. The Applicants aver that some of them were made to serve in that area for a period of two years whilst some spent periods ranging from six months to a year. That during this period they were denied communication with their families and further denied the monthly salary and allowances for six months (UNSPECIFIED). That sometime in 2015 some of the Applicants were drafted to the Nigerian Army Training Centre in Niger States were they were further denied one month (UNSPECIFIED) salary and some of them were subjected to inhuman and regimental lifestyle. That at various times during these assignments they encountered three military Commanders one of whom advised them to withdraw from the war theatre in the North East to Jos. The Applicants aver that they were not provided sophisticated weaponry even after they demanded that the Respondent provide them with the same. That the Respondent however, proceeded to arbitrarily dismiss the Applicants shortly after their demands. 4