GOC, 7 Division of Nigerian Army Removed

Major-General Chris Olukolade

The General Officer Commanding (GOC), 7 Division, Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed, has been removed, according to attest information from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. Maj.-Gen. Mohammed has been trending since last night when the news broke of how he escaped death by a whisker when a group of disgruntled soldiers turned their gun at his vehicle and pulled the trigger.

A report this morning quotes a top military source as confiding last night that the GOC had been removed over the incident. “The source added that details of the circumstances leading to the GOC’s removal would be made known shortly,” the report says, adding that attempts to confirm the removal of the GOC were unsuccessful as several calls and SMS sent to the phone of the spokesperson of defence headquarters, Major-General Chris Olukolade, were not replied.

Boko Haram Ambush: Why Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire at Army Commander in Maiduguri

Witnesses confirmed that the Nigerian Soldiers opened fire on their commander in the north-eastern city of Maiduguri.

Reliable security sources also confirmed that men of the Nigerian Army who are Angered by the death of 12 of their colleagues in a Boko Haram ambush, on Wednesday, opened fire on the vehicle of the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 7 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General Ahmadu Mohammed bu that GOC escaped unhurt after soldiers shot at his car at the Maimalari barracks, the sources said.