GBEGE! Nigerian
Soldiers Storm Lagos Community over Missing Gun
Soldiers from Ibereko Barracks on the
Badagry Expressway, in Lagos State have laid a siege on the Mowo Community in
the area, in search of a missing gun.
This mroning, the soldiers mounted a
post at the bus stop and prevented shop owners from opening for business.
“They are still at the bus stop, they
have a check point there before the incident. They went on with their normal
business overnight because they always come to the point in the night. This
morning, they ordered the closure of every shop at the bus stop, ” a woman told
P.M. NEWS.
Yesterday, it was a near action film
for the residents as the unidentified soldiers stormed the community.
A drunk soldier from Ibereko Barracks,
along Badagry Express road lost his gun in a beer parlour at Mowo Bus stop last
week. So in a bid to recover the stolen weapon, the Soldiers decided to subject
every able bodied men in the community to torture and harassment.
The Soldiers, an eye witness said suspected
a man currently at large to have stolen the gun.
The suspect’s father was said to have
been arrested and questioned on the whereabouts of his son. He was later left
off the hook when elders of the community intervened.
“They(Soldiers) declared a mini-curfew
in this area. Yesterday they harassed and beat people. Monday’s father was
arrested but later released when Elders intervened. People were not allowed to
move in or out of the community,” a resident said.
A graduate of Lagos State University,
Babatunde Gafar, who lives within the area confirmed the incident.
“I could not even go out of my compound
since yesterday. A neighbour of mine who was harassed, recounted what was
happening at the Bus stop to me.
He said he was told to do countless number of frog-jumps
and was only released through the intervention of a relative who appealed to
the soldiers,” he said.
He said majority of the boys in the
area were told to stay in the neighbouring town till the onslaught subsides.
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