Gbenro Adesina
Some officers of the Security Outfit, Operation Burst, who were alleged of terrorising and harassing people around Beere area of Ibadan, capital of Oyo State, on Sunday, November 1, 2020, have been arrested and detained.
This was revealed today in Ibadan by the Commandant, Operation Burst, Captain Usolo.
Over the weekend, some video clips went viral, showing Officer O. Adesina officer and his colleagues flogging a woman for “indecent dressing” and men’s hair were cut crudely.
Narrating his ordeal in the hands of the officer, a man with Twitter handle “Primal Chicks@ said: “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.
“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 officers 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. 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 before being recruited to the force and even on a regular basis either yearly or every other year. In Nigeria, I even don’t know if there is anything called civil right?
“How could you violate my fundamental human right, encroaching in to my privacy and harassing for keeping long hair?…They were even collecting N500 from everyone they caught, and who doesn’t have is getting beaten which I totally avoided by paying.
“I think this is actually what’s prompting them to carry on this assault and violation on people’s human right because it involves money.
“In recent time we all stood to condemn police brutality which caught global attention under the tag of #Endsars, it is quite unfortunate that military who is meant to serve as buffer unit to restore calmness to the society in the absence of police are now carry on this”.
https://twitter.com/i/status/1323130536370577408
A Soldier is seen beating a woman over indecent dressing and cutting the hair of others, thereafter allegedly extorting them.
This happened at Beere in Ibadan during the early hours of yesterday.
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