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SAD! Nigerian man narrates ordeal in the hands of soldiers

A Nigerian man on Twitter has called out the soldiers attached to Operation Burst in Ibadan for the actions of it personnel who forcefully shaved his hair and extorted him while returning from church in Sunday, November 1st.

Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the army personnel via his twitter account @PrimalHubLtd, he recounted how he had a fair share of brutality, extortion and violation of privacy by men of the Nigerian Army.

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”Hello Nigerians, it seems @HQNigerianArmy are really confused. I’m here 2 share my ordeal in d hand of Nigerian army today on my way coming 4rm church at bodija area of Ibadan where I had to pass Beere axis where operation burst under the directive of Gov
@Seyimakinde stationed

The victim, before his head was shaved
After soldiers shaved his hair

”Just like other passersby, one of them run after me and directed me to walk towards a place where 2 officers were seated.. On getting to the stand, I told one of the officer
that I don’t know why your man asked me to come to you? He replied welcome to Beere international barbing salon, that was when everything was unravel to me because I saw one of the officers holding a scissor and I’m keeping long hair.

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”He asked me to sit on the floor which I did, he further said Nigerians can only be handled with iron hand, that we can be likened to an animal. You can imagine such insensitive word from a uniform man.

”And there I was asked to bring my head closer so that the cutting could be done. There I told the officer that it is not save in this era of pandemic to use such on people who u av no record about their health status.

”Then he gave me a slap and I had to give in to his command in other to avoid further harassment. Now I begin to wonder if long hair define someone as a criminal, hoodlum or thief. Truly these people are getting it wrong and I think there should a mental evaluation 4
each officer”

Recall that only few weeks ago, young Nigerians where on the street across major cities in the country, calling to put an end to police brutality through the #ENDSARS hashtag which the government eventually succumbed to by disbanding the police unit.

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