Nigeria Military fires GOC attacked by convicted soldiers

The Nigeria Military authorities have retired the
former General Officer Commanding the 7
Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj.
Gen. Abubakar Mohammed, who was attacked
by soldiers at their barracks in Maiduguri on
May 14th. The soldiers have since been
sentenced to death for that action by a military
court.
According to Punch , Mohammed was retired
after he was recalled to the Headquarters of the
Nigerian Army without posting for months after
the soldiers’ attempt on his life.
It was gathered from a top military source
in Abuja that the Army authorities quietly
retired him last month.
The source said, “The Maj. Gen. has been
retired; you don’t expect that to be made
public; issues of retirement especially in the
military are confidential. The man was at
the Army headquarters for some time. He
was awaiting posting then but he was
eventually retired about a month ago.”
Meanwhile, the NLC, TUC and human rights
lawyers have urged the Presidency and the
Army Council chaired by the Minister of
Defence to prevail on the military
authorities to spare the lives of the 12
soldiers.

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