The Nigerian Army has expressed its intention to conduct an investigation into the reported incident of harassment involving two individuals who had recently returned from the United States of America.
According to The PUNCH,the alleged perpetrator of this act is currently unidentified but was seen wearing a military uniform.
A viral video of the incident showed, an individual dressed in military attire gripping the side mirror of a vehicle occupied by a male and female.
The occurrence reportedly took place in Oju-Ore, Ota, located in the state of Ogun, on the preceding Tuesday.
The individuals, whose identities remain undisclosed, were involved in a conflict with an individual wearing a uniform. This individual was observed wielding a horsewhip and provoking the man and woman inside the vehicle to exit.
Reacting to the incident,the spokesperson for the NA, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the military was looking into the matter.
โAcknowledged, weโll look into the matter,โ Onyema said.
The national publicity secretary for the African Action Congress, Femi Adeyeye, urged an investigation into the event after posting the footage on his Facebook and Twitter sites. He questioned why a military personnel “would be threatening civilians.”
Adeyeye wrote via his Twitter handle, @activistfemi, โArriving from the US and heading to Ota, Ogun State, US returnees had a brawl on the road with a soldier. According to reports, even from witnesses, the said soldier was driving recklessly and this couple had to caution him to be careful, lest he causes an accident.
“โThe next thing was that he pursued them, overtook them, jumped out of his car in a Gestapo manner, and asked the woman to open the car that he needed to โdisciplineโ both of them.
โThe @HQNigerianArmy must be compelled to look into this nonsense.โ
He questioned why a uniformed man would endanger people’s lives, wreck their cars, and make death threats simply because he was warned.
โYou come out now, are you not a man?โ the man who was wearing an Army vest and trousers was heard telling the male occupant of the car in the video.
One of the occupants of the car was heard saying, โBecause of the clothes you wear. It is the clothes you wear we give honour to. You are very stupid. Idiot.
โYou want us to come so that you will be using horsewhip to embarrass people,โ the female occupant was also heard saying.
