Nigeria, May 30 -- Six Nigerian Air Force personnel attached to the former Chief of Defence Staff, Alex Badeh, were Friday sentenced to jail by a General Court Martial.

They were sentenced for conspiracy and illegally disposing service weapons issued for the protection of the late CDS, among others, the Punch newspaper reports.

According to the report, in a statement on Saturday, the Director of Public Relations and Information, Ibikunle Daramola, said the aides were sentenced before the president of the GCM, David Aluku, at the NAF Base, Bill Clinton Drive, Abuja.

Mr Aluku found the six guilty of absconding from the convoy of the former CDS, while it came under attack.

The convicted personnel are: Squadron Leader Tom Gwani, Flight Se...