Nigeria, Feb. 24 -- The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, asked the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, and the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, to reinstate 15 cadets recently dismissed from the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA).

The request by the House followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on Public Petition during its plenary session.

Presenting the report, the Chairman of the Committee, Jerry Alagbaso, explained that the petition was filed by Mohammed Ibrahim and 53 others against the Nigerian Defence Academy.

The committee recommended that the 15 cadets, comprising five naval, three air force and seven army cadets should be reinstated.

They are DJ Mohammed, Y.Y Bello, D.O Adebayo, ...