angry soldiers fire on senior officer
Bauchi Nigeria
soldiers say angry Nigerian troops fired at a senior officer in another sign of a demoralised military supposed to be leading the hunt for nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamic extremist
they say the soldier fried on wednesday on a vehicle carrying Maj Gen Ahmadu Mohammed following the killings of 14 soldiers in an ambush. the soldier killed were in a group that had told their command the road was dangerous and wanted to spend the night in a village.they were ordered to travel instead.
soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity said troops opened fire as Gen Mohammed drove into a barracks in northeast Maiduguri city. He was not hit.
The demoralisation of troops is one reason Nigeria's military has failed to rescue the kidnapped girls sparking outrage and forcing the government to accept international help in their rescue.