There is currently tension at the
Maiduguri international airport in Borno state as angry soldiers are shooting
indiscriminately to protest their deployment from the state capital to another
local government.
The aggrieved soldiers reportedly
arrived at the airport at 6pm ahead of their posting to Marte local government
area.
But trouble started when they
regrouped and refused to board the aircraft which ought to convey them there.
The soldiers who are of the
special forces said after spending over four years in Maiduguri, they ought to
be sent back to their families and not to be posted to face death.
An officer who witnessed the
incident said superior officers, including Bulami Biu, general officer commander
(GOC) of 7 division, were asked to stay off the airport or risk being shot.
“The second batch of pilgrims
going for hajj from Borno boarded their flight amid the commotion,” the source
said.
“The special forces are ready for
trouble. They are really angry. The superiors were asked to stay off or be
killed.”
Texas Chukwu, army spokesman,
said he could not confirm the development.
“I don’t know about this, let me
call an officer there,” he said.
Disobedience is a punishable
offence in the army just as mutiny could attract a heavy penalty such as death
sentence.
Some soldiers who were court
martialled for disobedience under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan are still in
detention up till date.
Many officers involved in the
anti- Boko Haram war have accused the military authorities of falling below the
expected standard in terms of welfare.
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