{"id":26638,"date":"2014-05-16T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=26638"},"modified":"2014-05-16T10:42:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T09:42:25","slug":"army-to-court-martial-soldiers-who-shot-at-goc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/army-to-court-martial-soldiers-who-shot-at-goc\/","title":{"rendered":"Army to court-martial soldiers who shot at GOC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Court-martial proceedings will start this weekend against soldiers who on Wednesday fired at the vehicle of their commander in Maiduguri, Borno State.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Preliminary investigation has started mainly to identify the soldiers involved, the extent of their involvement and the next line of action. They will most likely be dismissed and jailed \u2013 although those with little involvement may end up demoted.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0According to military sources, the growing \u201cdisloyalty\u201d and \u201cindiscipline\u201d on the Borno war front have to be checked to prevent a breakdown of order. \u201cWe want to send a strong message to would-be mutineers,\u201d the source said, explaining that a similar breakdown in Mali almost led to the collapse of the country until French troops quickly moved in to salvage the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Tourage rebels, working with al Qaeda, almost overran the country but for an international intervention led by France, who deployed ground troops for the operation. The Malian army had become fractured by internal dissent and revolt.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0Major-Gen. Ahmed Abdullahi, who was the General Officer Commanding the 7 Division in Maiduguri, escaped unhurt in the incident. He has since been redeployed \u201cfor his own safety\u201d because of the hostility of the soldiers. The new GOC is Brigadier\u00a0MY Ibrahim, who becomes\u00a0the fourth commander\u00a0since the creation of the 7 Division last year. Major-General Obida Ethan was\u00a0first,\u00a0before\u00a0Major-Gen. Unsaid Bindawa and then Mohammed.\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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The soldiers have been complaining to local and foreign journalists about poor welfare, low morale, poor strategy, poor equipment and poor leadership. Wednesday\u2019s incident followed a forced overnight trip that some soldiers were made to take, which led to 12 deaths in the hands of Boko Haram who had laid an ambush for the troops.\u00a0<\/span>The former GOC had instituted an inquiry himself but he was overruled from Abuja and a new inquiry was set up instead.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u00a0Meanwhile, defence spokesman Major-Gen. Chris Olukolade \u00a0said in Maiduguri on Thursday that Major-Gen. Mohammed was not injured in the attack. He told the media: \u201cOn May 13, our troops, who had been on an assignment in Chibok, were returning to Maiduguri when they were ambushed in Dalwa. \u201cOne officer and five soldiers were killed, while a number of others were wounded. \u201cThe GOC was touched by the incident. So, he wanted to sympathise with the troop by addressing those present. \u201cIn the process, some soldiers became unruly and began to fire some shots into the air. \u201cThe situation was quickly brought under control and normalcy restored as there was calm in the cantonment and normal operational activities are ongoing.\u201d\u00a0<\/span>

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