It be recalled that earlier on, over 3, 000 soldiers who were punished and
dismissed for various other offences had their sentences reviewed by the Major General Adeniyi Oyebade (GOC 1 div) review committee which sat in Kaduna resulting in their pardon of our over 5, 000 soldiers that
wrote petition and begged to be reabsorbed.
However, a court may reduce (modify) to include any of the requirements relating to probation and community control, a legal sentence imposed by it within 60 days of its imposition; after the receipt by the court of a mandate issued by the appellate court upon affirmance of the judgment and / or sentence upon an original appeal; after receipt by the court of a certified copy of an order of the appellate court
dismissing an original appeal from the judgment and / or sentence; or if further appellate review is sought in a higher court or in successively higher courts, after the highest state or federal court to which a timely appeal has been taken under authority of law, or when a
petition for certiorari has been timely filed under authority of law, has
written an order of affirmance or an order
dismissing the appeal and / or denying certiorari.