Military fires GOC attacked by convicted soldiers

Military authorities have retired the former General Officer commanding the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, 

Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed.Investigations by The PUNCH  revealed this on Tuesday just as the 

Nigeria Labour Congress, the Trade Union Congress and   human rights lawyers pleaded for the pardon of 12 

soldiers who were sentenced to death by a military court on Monday. 

The soldiers, who had on May 14, 2014 fired shots at Mohammed, in Maiduguri, were convicted for mutiny and 

other offences such as insubordination. Investigations revealed 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.”