The court, which handed the judgment at 1.35 a.m., also handed a one-month jail sentence on a soldier and freed five others.
The condemned soldiers are Cpl. Jasper Braidolor, Cpl. David Musa, Lance Cpl. Friday Onun, Lance Cpl. Yusuf Shuaibu, Lance Cpl. Igomu Emmanuel and Pte. Andrew Ngbede.
The others are Pte. Nurudeen Ahmed, Pte. Ifeanyi Alukhagbe, Pte. Alao Samuel, Pte. Amadi Chukwudi, Pte. Allan Linus and Lance Cpl. Stephen Clement.
The President of the Court, Brig.-Gen. C.C. Okonkwo, while announcing the sentences, however, said that the decisions were subject to "confirmation".
Eighteen soldiers were arraigned on a six-court charge bordering on inciting mutiny against the GOC, 7 Division, Maimalari Barracks in Maiduguri, Maj-Gen. Ahmed Mohammed, on May 14.
While five of the accused were discharged and acquitted, Pte. Ichocho Jeremiah was sentenced to 28-day imprisonment with hard labour for being absent without official leave.
The 12 condemned men were found guilty of mutiny, which attracts death by firing squad, and also sentenced to life in jail for criminal conspiracy and attempt to commit murder.
Cpl. David Luhbut, Cpl. Muhammed Sani, Pte. Iseh Ubong, Pte. Sabastine Gwaba and Pte. Inama Samuel were set free by the court.
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