According to Punch, 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.”
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.
***Good for him
ReplyDeleteWhat wil he gain frm d execution of 12 soldiers
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he deserve it!
ReplyDeleteWhy sentence them to death when you have fired an erring GOC? Two wrongs don't make a right.
ReplyDeleteI dont give a damn about him.That shows that he is guilty too.Why not sentence him to death for pushing more than 20 soldiers to death.
ReplyDeleteMy prayer is that the military authorities will spare the lives of the 12 soldiers sentenced to death
Its good he was fired
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They had better free those guys
ReplyDeleteIf they dont want military war
Y is the army sounding corrupt?
ReplyDeleteI don't agree to spare their lives. I do agree that they should make sure they have all the evidence necessary before finalizing the verdict. If they tried to kill their commander, than they are murderers and should be put to death. Simple. I would not be able to sleep at night, knowing those insane men are on the streets.
ReplyDeleteMy dear the general set them up and the watch their members killed by boko haram, so the decided to take the law in their hands.
DeleteIf they kill these soldiers, it will be too bad becos this will create a divided army which will not be focused enough to combat this Boko Haram terrorists...... I can just see Boko Haram laughing their heads off.... this is a major distraction and the timing is so so wrong.
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ReplyDeleteThats good, Thought nothing will be done to him. But dey should still pardone those soldiers.
ReplyDeleteIt is well. by dobis112@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteOkay but please dont kill d 12 soldier's..it doesn't make sense..If u pple must kill abeg add Gej n co together...............................#KingOfKings
ReplyDeleteReally? Retirement that's all he gets? I fear BH will soon receive new comers,mutiny will be on the increase and insecurity will escalate coz the junior khaki boys are already having grudges and complaints.
ReplyDeleteReally? Retirement that's all he gets? I fear BH will soon receive new comers,mutiny will be on the increase and insecurity will escalate coz the junior khaki boys are already having grudges and complaints
ReplyDeleteStill on did issue.
ReplyDeleteThey should pls have mercy on those soldeirs.
ReplyDeleteTHEY CAN NOT BE KILLED JUST LIKE THAT, AFTER ALL THEY WERE FIGHTING A GOOD COURSE. THE GOC WAS NOT FUNCTIONING AND NEEDED TO BE INFORMED. WE HAVE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS AND THEY LL FIGHT FOR THEM BESIDES WE ARE IN A DEMOCRATIC WORLD.
ReplyDeleteif they kill dos soldiers, i foresee big trouble for d military....
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retirment is not fair, they shuold fire him without benefit......
ReplyDeletedat means his guilty so why killing d 12 soldiers.grace b
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I pray military authorities will spare the lives of the 12 soldiers.
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@ano 10:02am Put to death is often used by Islamic angry folks....who the eff are you,you not safe knowing those that once protected civilians are out there alive.evidence confirmed they attacked him.we condemn that.but we ask for mercy on them and also for God to punish you.boko haram ab*ki idiot
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ReplyDeleteThey should pls spare their lives oooo.
ReplyDeleteMilitary and their ways.Well I guess they already know the drill before joining and datz fair for the man
ReplyDeletePlease, lets lend our voices against the death sentence for those soldiers. They don't deserve to die.
ReplyDeleteDey should spear de lives of de sojas jor, if de goc hands are clean dey won't attempt shooting him.
ReplyDeleteThe right thing is to Court Marshal them and dismiss them.
ReplyDeleteOr worst case scenario : lock them up for few years.
Nigeria Military Court. #FullOfShit
They should spear their lives ooooo.
ReplyDeleteSo he gets 2retire nd receive his benefits whl d rest get killed!i talk am say recruit no be work.smh 4naija whr all d rules cum 2die!
ReplyDeleteHmmm temper justice with mercy
ReplyDeleteIt is very unfair to sentence pple to death just like that without looking at the grass root cause of the problem critically. why then should their boss just be asked to retire. soilders trained to kill dont miss. What was the message they were sending? has anybody asked? And lastly we cant create a life so don't take one on small maters. those who have stolen billions still roam the street. its time we start thinking and stop using the poor as an example for rich pple who steal
ReplyDeleteIt is very unfair to sentence pple to death just like that without looking at the grass root cause of the problem critically. why then should their boss just be asked to retire. soilders trained to kill dont miss. What was the message they were sending? has anybody asked? And lastly we cant create a life so don't take one on small maters. those who have stolen billions still roam the street. its time we start thinking and stop using the poor as an example for rich pple who steal
ReplyDeleteThis shows that they are somehow right on what they did.
ReplyDeleteThey should give them life in prisonment than a death sentence.
ReplyDeleteNigeria should spare the lives of these men. I think they only showed their anger in a wrong way and did not mean to kill their commander because if they meant to kill him and the commander escaped from more than 10 soldiers then they are not fit to be soldiers but only good enough to fetch water for women to cook in the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteYes, agreed they over reacted and they know the rule of the game yet they are human beings and could have suffered the same fate their dead colleagues suffered.
The GOC that caused the death of the soldiers was not tried but only retired.
God help NIGERIA. Toks
Its a conspiracy thing,i saw a situation where d 12 convicted soldiers re been purnished becos dey refused 2 join d bad wagon in our Military ouse
ReplyDeletetheir lives should be spared please
ReplyDeleteIt doesnt change the fact that other will be killed because of his poor leadership.
ReplyDeleteIs it because he is a GOC or that he comes from the north or what. The GOC should be tried for treason. It takes a lot of infuriation for the soldiers to take up arms against their GOC... a lot of things have probably been happening under their watch. There is clears lack of justice in the verdict.
ReplyDeleteYou all might not know that a retired general is still entitled to his full salary and benefits. So this guy was just deprived of power while the rank and file will die for his ineptitude.
ReplyDeletedey did wat dey tink ws rit 4 der fellas*dead
ReplyDeletegud for him thank God for dat.
ReplyDeleteTo kill those soldiers just like that does not make sense .haba nw they should tamper justice with mercy.
ReplyDeleteIt is high time all our sleeping human rights activists should wake up to fight for the soldiers.the sentence is too harsh ,they can send them to jail instead.
ReplyDeleteHope they retired him without benefits
ReplyDeleteU said 'fired', and den u said 'retired'. I think thr is a clear difference btw both
ReplyDeleteFIRST TO COMMENT***(GURU) Ok! We have heard.
ReplyDeleteGOOD FOR HIM, IF HE KILLS THEM WILL THEIR YEARS ON EARTH BE ADDED TO HIS OWN LIFE. ABEEEEEEEEEEEG THIS MUSLIM TOO LIKE KILLING KILLING
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Gradually, the bad eggs would leave the Military.
ReplyDeletethey should spare their lives,and investigate what prompted their action.
ReplyDeleteThat's very good for him..He deserves more tahn been retired.I strongly believe he is co-habiting wt the members of BH..A close surveillance should be placed on him.
ReplyDeleteA confused man u Re..U are a daft...#GoAskShekau
ReplyDeleteFire him without benefits ooo
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nawaooo. in my next world I dnt want to be born into this fucking country
ReplyDeleteI'm still hoping and praying they spare the lives of those soldiers. They do not deserve to die as a result of this man's incompetence which pushed them to the wall. If anyone deserves a death sentence, it's this stupid GOC
ReplyDeletethey should tamper justice with mercy, cuz the military authority knows well the soldiers protest was right
ReplyDeleteNigeria..#smh
ReplyDeleteTHE G.O.C ABUBAKAR MOHAMMAD IS B/H MILITARY GOD HALP US
ReplyDeleteWho is right? Who is wrong? Obviously the 2 parties cannot be in the wrong. But I see contributory culpability in this matter. That is, the soldiers were wrong to take laws into their hands by shooting the Major-General but the Major-General contributed to the culpability of the soldiers by exhibiting bad leadership and provoking the rank and file to mutiny.
ReplyDeleteEven a Major-General may be court-martialled and made to face a firing squad for sabotage.
However, if the punishment of a Major-General is mitigated, same should go for the soldiers.
True, mutiny and in-subordination carry grave consequences, but I believe strongly that punishment by death may be too harsh in the present circumstance and may send a negative signal to all personnel.
ALL NIGERIAN NEED TO STAND UP FOR THESE 12 SOLDIERS AS CIRCUMSTANCES MADE THEM DO WHAT THEY DID. PREROGATIVE OF MERCY BY THE PRESIDENT
ReplyDeletePlease the military should review this punishment by death. I agree that mutiny carries grave circumstances but we need all the human resources we can lay hands on at this time.
ReplyDeleteThe military may reduce the sentence to a term of imprisonment with hard labour or send them to Liberia to work in an Ebola Camp.
Honestly, for a soldier, there are worse punishments than death.
While I honestly wouldn't like the soldiers to be executed, I fully understand why they should be....apparently it's the law...they committed military crimes punishable by death..also if they are not punished, it would be sending a message to other soldiers that they are free to break the rules and go scott free...
ReplyDeleteNow whether the GOC was wrong or right, mutiny is wrong...in the military, someone of superior rank should be able to tell you to even kill your best friend (without you revolting)...if he was wrong, it's not up to you to decide...but his own superiors