Some Nigerian soldiers who have been accused of revolting orders to travel on a frequently attacked by Boko Haram, have been sentenced to death. This decision was announced early Tuesday by Brigadier General Chukwuemeka Okonkwo, 12 soldiers were found guilty and five others won acquittal.

The sentence, to be carried out by the firing squad, was delivered for both mutiny and the servicemen’s attempted murder of their commanding officer. All the defendants denied the charges.

A convoy of the soldiers had earlier been ordered to drive at night on a road from the northeastern town of Chibok, which is frequently attacked by militants. The soldiers initially refused, but eventually went along and were ambushed on May 13 by militants, an unknown number of them getting killed. Following the incident, the soldiers mutinied.