The Nigerian Army said that it has no place for trade...

The Nigerian Army said that it has no place for trade unionism and that it is impossible for its soldiers to go on strike since such an action would be viewed as a mutiny, which carries the death penalty.
The Army described news reports about threats of strike action by junior military personnel as false.This Day reported on March 29 that junior military officers threatening to embark on strike action if their demands for unpaid allowances were not met at an "anticipated" time.
Col. Emeka Onwuamae-gbu, Director of Army Public Relations, said that Nigerians should not be misled by the unprecedented strike action of junior police officers in February into thinking that soldiers can also take the law into their hands.
The Army, he maintained, operated differently from the police.Although both the Army and the police were voluntary organisations, striking policemen were likely to earn jail terms but "in the Army it is execution, and that is a major difference," he said.