{"id":26612,"date":"2014-05-15T17:16:19","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=26612"},"modified":"2014-05-15T17:16:19","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T16:16:19","slug":"mutiny-army-fires-commander-of-battalion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/mutiny-army-fires-commander-of-battalion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mutiny: Army Fires Commander Of Battalion"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The Nigerian Army has sacked \u00a0an army commander whose unit \u00a0opened fire on the GOC, ,Major General Ahmadu Mohammed.<\/p>\n<p>The GOC was shot at by angry soldiers of the 7th Division yesterday in Maiduguri\u2019s Maimalari Barracks.<\/p>\n<p>Reason for the mutiny still not clear, but one \u00a0military source hinted that the soldiers went berserk over welfare issues<\/p>\n<p>However, another source said the \u00a0became angry when they saw the bodies of 12 of their colleagues being brought back from Chibok. 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