Nigerian Soldiers revolt in Maiduguri over lack of ammunitions and poor condition
Category: Nigerian National News
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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