The Nigerian Army has reinstated the former commander of 7th Division in Maiduguri, Borno state, who was reportedly shot at by soldiers under his command at Maimalari Barracks in 2014.

This was made known to Sahara Reporters on
Wednesday, January 13, by the spokesman of
the Nigerian Army, Col. SK Usman.
Major General Ahmadu Mohammed was shot
at by soldiers under his command after they
lost 12 of their colleagues in an ambush to
Boko Haram members at Chibok community.
It was gathered that Major General
Mohammed’s reinstatement was secretly done
by the military high command after he had
written several letters to the army author
demanding his reinstatement into the military.
The terrorist group in its guerilla warfare
reportedly ambushed a convoy of soldiers
returning from Chibok community, the town
where hundreds of female students of
Government Girls Secondary School (GGSS)
were kidnapped and opened fire on them.
The reaction of the soldiers irked the military
authority who set up a court martial to try the
erring soldiers. Some of the soldiers were
sentenced to death for mutiny.
The affected soldiers, however, accused
General Mohammed of negligence of duty as
well as aiding the terrorists by sending
soldiers to fight without adequate weapons.
Major General Ahmadu Mohammed was in
charge of Giwa barracks when Boko Haram
attacked it on March 14, 2014. The army
responded by killing more than 640 escapees.
He was later removed from his post after
mutiny from soldiers whom alleged that the
death of their colleagues on May 12 as well as
the ambushed killing of 70 more the next day
when returning from Chibok, stirred up the
bad blood that led to the mutiny against their
commander, Major General Mohammed, at the
Maimalari Barracks.
Reacting to the sad incident then, the
Commander, Army Headquarter Garrison,
B.T Ndiomu, ordered the General Court
Martial (GCM) to be presided over by C.C
Okonkwo, a Brigadier General. The Army
court-martialled 18 soldiers for attempted
murder and mutiny in Maimalari
cantonment, eleven of the soldiers were faced
with a six-count charge including committing
mutiny.
A source within the military who spoke on
condition of anonymity during the happenings
gave a detailed insight on how the 12 soldiers
were killed in 2014, by Boko Haram at Bita
village. The source disclosed that selected
soldiers, who were transferred from their
operational base in Mubi, Adamawa state, to
the “213” battalion from the newly created “7
Division” of the Nigerian army were stationed
in Maimalari Barracks. The source disclosed
that upon their arrival, the soldiers were asked
to gear up without knowing the location of
their mission.
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army in 2014 came
under massive criticism for its extreme tactics
in fighting the terrorists group Boko
Haram. Amnesty International in its report
then, accused the Nigerian military including
senior military commanders of committing
horrible atrocities in northeast of the country.
Its report unveils facts, figures and identities
of those responsible for war crimes including
setting up death camps and gas chambers.