The retirement of the senior officers was in connection with the recommendations of the panel set up by the Army authorities to look into allegations of professional misconduct against military personnel in the conduct of the June 14, 2014 governorship poll in Ekiti State and the 2015 general elections.
The panel was also directed to investigate the roles played by the military officers who participated in the August, 2014, governorship election in Osun State.
After the results of the Ekiti governorship election was released, where the candidate of the PDP, Ayo Fayose, was declared the winner, there were allegations that the Army personnel deployed in the state, led by Momoh, played active roles in the rigging of the poll which was later exposed.
The former Director, Army Public Relations, Laleye, who later became the Commander, 4th Brigade of the Nigerian Army, addressed the press on the controversy over the secondary school certificate of the then presidential candidate of the APC, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd).
He had claimed that the Army could not find Buhari's WAEC results, a man who was Nigeria’s military Head of State between January 1, 1984 and August, 1985.
Buhari, who was contesting the presidential election as the candidate of the APC, had while submitting his nomination forms to INEC in 2014, said his WAEC result was in the custody of the Army.
The Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman, confirmed that “Gen. Momoh and others have been retired from the Army”.
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