Military authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding
the 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed.
Investigations revealed this on Tuesday just as the Nigerians 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.”
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