Two sources at the barracks told
SaharaReporters that the
soldiers were angry about the
number of dead soldiers’ bodies
that had to be deposited at a
military hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. They
added that the commanding
officer of the Bama military unit
that was sacked by Boko Haram
militants is also missing.

A group of soldiers who brought
back dead and injured soldiers
from the besieged town of
Gwoza yesterday fired shots at
the main gate at Maimalari
Barracks, is home to the 7th Division the Nigerian army.
Gwoza, located near the border
with Cameroon, fell under the
control of Islamist insurgents
yesterday, the second major
town in Borno State to be captured by Boko Haram after
the terrorist group seized
Damboa on July 21. Two sources at the barracks told
SaharaReporters that the
soldiers were angry about the
number of dead soldiers’ bodies
that had to be deposited at a
military hospital in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State. They
added that the commanding
officer of the Bama military unit
that was sacked by Boko Haram
militants is also missing. The military hospital attached to
Maimalari Barracks in
Maiduguri received the remains
of dead soldiers as well as those
with critical injuries who were
brought in overnight from Gwoza, a town overrun and
seized by Islamist insurgents in
a deadly operation early
Wednesday. One source said
that seven Hilux pick-up vans
arrived at the barracks filled with dead bodies and injured
soldiers. Several sources disclosed that
Boko Haram fighters had
massacred at least 100 residents
of the town and inflicted a high
casualty on Nigerian troops
before the soldiers abandoned the town to the superior
firepower of the surging
insurgents. Boko Haram blew up
two bridges in Gwoza, forcing
hordes of displaced residents to
flee into Cameroon in search of refuge. The new Emir of Gwoza,
Mohammed Timta, remains
missing more than 24 hours after
the militants seized his town.
Cameroonian authorities
reported that Boko Haram also killed 10 people in a
Cameroonian village near
Gwoza.


The high death toll and injury
count among soldiers provoked
the gunshots fired by irate
soldiers at the main gate of the
Maimalari Barracks. “The
shooting forced the soldiers on duty at the gate to take cover in
order to escape being hit by the
bullets,” one of our sources
disclosed. One source said the angry
soldiers on arrival also
demanded to see their
commander ask him why they
were issued far less weaponry
and manpower compared to that of the Boko Haram militants. One
of the angry soldiers told
SaharaReporters that most of
their mortars were manufactured
in the early 1960s, adding that
some of them failed to fire. He also stated that their rifles often
jammed after firing a few times. “The commander went into
hiding,” said one source.
Frustrated by the development,
some of the battle-weary soldiers
began to shoot again into the air,
saying they wanted their colleagues at the barracks to get
a little dose of what they
suffered in the bush in Gwoza. One source added that there was
great anxiety among families of
soldiers involved in the Gwoza
battle. “Some of the relatives of
the soldiers attempted to check
in the hospital to see whether their people were among the
dead, but they were not allowed
in. The commander gave orders
for the gate to be locked,” he
said. Two weeks ago, military
authorities started building a
fence around the hospital to
restrict public view of the
facility. One officer said the
military was worried that people were able to see into the hospital
and expose information that the
military considered detrimental
to the morale of its troops. Some soldiers are reportedly
critical of the fencing of the
hospital when the barracks
remain unsecured and vulnerable
to attack. Our sources said there was high
tension among soldiers as the
commanding officer of the Bama
military formation who led a
reinforcement of troops to try
and repel Boko Haram’s attack is nowhere to found. One military
source disclosed that Boko
Haram militants had condoned
off and laid ambush in all the
axes where they suspected that
troops would use for reinforcement. “We heard that
the Bama formation ran into an
ambush and many of the soldiers
were killed and some, including
the officer, are still missing,” said
a military source.

SOURCE: http://saharareporters.com/2014/08/07/near-mutiny-army-barracks-maiduguri-over-high-number-nigerian-troops-casualty-gwoza

Boko haram; makin Nigerian army look like "Bloody Civilian" since 1784

The problem is that our army needs improved asymmetric warfare capabilities

Clueless Jonathan chasing rat while his house is on fire. He had sent all the soldiers to guide his home made full ballots boxes to polling booths in Osun where there's no violence, leaving violent region to burn without enough soldiers for combat. Talking about misplaced priority.

I hope Jonathan face impeachment for the blood of innocents being shed on his watch, while dancing all over the world.

its a pity

Surely dere was a country called Nigeria

Please I wanna ask; wat is happening? Why re soldiers killed like dis; despite the armoury they wear? All the bullet proofs, helmets; why re they still killed like chickens? Don't we have air survellance; wat gives edge in warfare; is air superiority; not ground fire power;
We seem not to respect life here; this soldiers lives re worth a fortune, n should not be sacrifeced like this; where are all our weaponry? Drones re so very much needed here!!!(US so respects d lives of their soldiers, n u can never see dis situations happening like dis)