Angry soldiers from the newly formed 7th Division of the
Nigerian Army in Maiduguri today May 14th revolted against
their General Officer Commanding, Major General Abubakar
Mohammed, shooting sporadically in the Maimalari barracks,
which is also home to the Artillery Corps, the Ordinance, as
well as army signals in Maiduguri, Sahara Reporters reports
According to two soldiers who spoke with SR, emotions ran
high when they saw the bodies of their colleagues ambushed
and killed by Boko Haram men in Chibok, Borno state. The
angry soldiers immediately started shooting into the air,
complaining that their superior have failed to provide them with
adequate weaponry with which to fight the war against the
better-armed Boko Haram militants.
“We the soldiers don’t have the kind of arms and
ammunition that [Boko Haram] fighters have. So
everyday, they kill our men anyhow, but it is never
published in the media,” said one source. The other
source also complained that the commanding officers “are
too busy ‘eating’ money. And they do not pay our
allowances on time. And once [a soldier dies], nobody
knows what happens to his allowances again.”
General Mohammed was immediately whisked out of the
barracks to an unknown destination.
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