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, read it HERE.
PUNCH reports that 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.”
A human rights group, the Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders, has also warned that the sentence passed on the soldiers might spell doom for the military.
Its Chairman, Debo Adeniran, said that such judgment was ill-timed as it might dampen the morale of soldiers at the war front.
Adeniran said, “It was done at a wrong time. If they are found guilty at all, such pronouncement ought not to have been made at this material time when our soldiers are in short supply of motivation for the expedition they are forced to engage in.
“It will only dampen their spirit, because they know what led to the mutiny. It was a statement of frustration from those guys because they already knew well that the outcome of it might not be favourable.
“Those who are still in the war front will not be motivated by such judgment at this material time and that may now spell doom for the Nigerian military rank.”
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