From Okey Sampson, Aba
The Nigerian Army has warned its personnel against civilians brutality, saying any one caught would face the full weight of the law.
This warning, came from the commanding officer of 144 battalion of the Nigeria Army, Asa Lt. Col. Umar Kasim Sidi against the backdrop of recent reported cases of alleged soldiers’ harassment and brutality of civilians in the comercial city of Aba, Abia State.
Col. Sidi, during a telephone interview, said no such case of soldiers brutality of civilians in Aba had been reported to him.
While warning soldiers under him to desist, forthwith, from any form of harassment and brutalisation of civilians, he urged the civil populace in the city to use the dedicated official numbers to reach him when any soldier tries to infringe on their rights. He warned that any soldier who disobeyed the order would be summarily dealt with, insisting that soldiers were meant to protect the civil populace and not to antagonise them.