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Director
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Military
authorities have retired the former General Officer Commanding the 7 Division
of the Nigerian Army, Maiduguri, Maj. Gen. Abubakar Mohammed. 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.”
Investigations
by 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.
Meanwhile, the NLC,
TUC and human rights lawyers have urged the Presidency and the Army
Council chaired by the Minister of Defence to prevail on the military
authorities to spare the lives of the 12 soldiers.
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