Nigerian soldier summoned for allegedly beating Nollywood actress with rod
A Nigerian soldier, Sulaiman Olamilekan, has been summoned by the Nigerian Army for allegedly assaulting a Nollywood actress known as Jewel Infinity.
Infinity had, on Tuesday, accused Olamilekan of battering her at a checkpoint along the Port Harcourt-Onitsha Road, Rivers State.
She sustained injuries in the process and was admitted at the hospital.
She narrated her ordeal at the hands of the soldier on her Facebook:
“A CRY OF HELP!
Please my good people of our nation, i am sincerely calling out for justice against violence. I am hospitalized right now as i type this with the lil stamina in me; i am in serious pain and agony; in between life and death. This is my story:
This morning, at about 11.50am, i boarded a siena vehicle leaving PortHarcourt for Onitsha. As we approached the first checkpoint immediately after the airport, we pulled over as the soldiers ordered us to, for the usual scrutinization.
One of them, the youngest of them, by name, SULAIMAN OLAMILEKAN, began to molest me. He accused me of discussing him, where i was only having a friendly debate with the lady beside me about whether his car is tinted or not because of the way the we where being delayed because the driver didn’t bring the back glass down when he stopped us immediately he was like ‘hey you wetin you just talk now’ I explained to him that he was never in the picture of the gist but he ignored me and demanded i disembark from the vehicle, kneel down and apologise to him.”
“I called his bluff and explained to him that i did nothing wrong to apologise. To my greatest dismay, this dude went in search of any object at his disposal (a huge stick), and started hitting it all over my body. He shove me out of the vehicle and when he piecesed the stick on me he went in search of another thing and he came back with a big rod immediately I saw him coming with that one and I noticed everyone was already scared to come closer also his colleagues were just there busy with the stopping of other vehicles I ran out of the vehicle and jumped down wanted to run over to the other lane to where their ogas used to stay but on a second thought I sensed he might throw the big rod on me I then stood still not believing he could actually used that on me b4 I knew it he started hitting my two leg with it.”
The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman, said on Wednesday that Olamilekan and his soldier colleagues have been summoned and necessary action would be taken by the army authorities.
“The matter has been communicated to the General Officer Commanding, 6 Division and the necessary action is being taken. The soldier and his guard commander have been invited while effort is on to locate the lady,” Usman said.
“We enjoin the general public to have trust and confidence in the army by appropriately reporting issues to us; and if nothing is done, then they can go public with it.”
There have been widespread reports of errant soldiers unjustly assaulting innocent civilians in the past weeks.
