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| Major General Christ Olukolade |
The Nigerian Army says it will investigate the mutiny on Wednesday in Maiduguri.
A statement by spokesman Major General Christ Olukolade said the inquiry will be on “the circumstances surrounding the conduct of soldiers who fired some shots today while the General Officers Commanding was addressing troops in Maimalari cantonment Maiduguri.”
Following that incident, two soldiers confirmed to SaharaReporters that some soldiers of the 7th Division, which was established only two months ago for the war against Boko Haram, fired shots into the air at the barracks as they were being addressed by Major General Ahmed Mohammed, their commanding officer who was appointed in February. Olukolade did not name the officer concerned.
According to the spokesman, Wednesday’s incident occurred when the corpses of four soldiers who died in an ambush while returning from patrol duties in Chibok were being conveyed to the morgue. He however assured that there is currently calm in the cantonment and normal operations continuing.
SaharaReporers understands that the soldiers are complaining about management issues relating to the implementation of the state of emergency. Among the issues, they say their commanders have neither provided the appropriate equipment to combat the better-armed Boko Haram militants nor devised a troop-rotation system.
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