Some solders in Festac have shot at and brutalised a motorist for having an argument with a soldier over the right of way.
The soldiers numbering about four reportedly chased the motorist identified barrister Olajide Sipe, from 23 road Mobile Petrol station, shooting and at his vehicle in the process.
They thereafter dragged the helpless victim out of the car and beat him thoroughly with stones and sticks.
Our correspondent at the scene was told by relatives of the victim that but for the timely intervention of a retired commodore who stopped his car and restrained the soldiers from inflicting more injuries on the Jide, he could have lost his life in the attack.
After the commodore intervened, Jide was rushed by bystanders to Mercy Gate hospital along 72 Road where is receiving treatment.
Narrating his ordeal to our correspondent at the hospital, Jide said: I was coming from where I went to buy water barely ten minutes after talking with my wife on the phone, at 23 Road Mobil Petrol station, those buying fuel had blocked one lane and a soldier had stopped a bus on the other lane in the middle of the road.
“When I realsed that the soldier was blocking the road I said to him, Oga this thing you are doing is causing holdup, why don’t you take the bus out of the road, so that we can move, and then he said to me who are you, what nonsense are you talking, and I said, no Oga I’m not trying to teach you what to do, I’m only telling you that if you do this thing it will be better for us using the road.
“The next thing he said was, You must be a useless man, then when I saw that he was already taking that tone I decided to move my car, then he started running after me, after I took the turning on 23 Road, another soldier, light in complexion came in front of my car, I stopped, then he began kicking my front wheel and smashed my windscreen.
“When I saw he was kicking my car, I moved, then the two Soldiers boarded a bike, then they later became four and began chasing me, as I got to 7th Avenue, I made a U-turn and they rammed their bike into my car, then I drove off, when the soldiers saw me driving off they shot at the car twice, the second bullet hit my tyre.
When I heard the sound of the gun I couldn’t believe I was being shot at. After my tyre went flat, I came down and they ran to me and beat me blue black, after that people around brought me to the hospital.
The relatives of the victim said the commanding officer of the soldiers, Lieutenant Sadi, later came to the hospital to see the damage his men had caused to an innocent citizen, but offered no further succor.
I have been reporting on latest news from Nigeria for almost 10 years now. I report on every possible news area I come across, but always ensure my reports are compiled with dignity and fact to uphold my personal values and duty as a journalist
Posted: at 27-04-2016 06:45 AM (9 years ago) | Addicted Hero
kabu-kabu at 27-04-2016 08:36 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Timothy Eazy on 27-04-2016 08:26 AM
The barrister is too lousy, next time you go mind your business, for your information the soldiers will go free you are lucky the commodore came by.
Unless you die fast, as long as you live and believe in that contraption called nigeria, the fate of this attorney will be nothing close to what you and those close to you will receive from the nigerian islamic janjaweed you call military. It's a matter of time. Your turn is coming since you are glamorizing zoological behavior.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 08:36 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Eazyatumeyi at 27-04-2016 09:26 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Passionate Ofente on 27-04-2016 08:36 AM
Unless you die fast, as long as you live and believe in that contraption called nigeria, the fate of this attorney will be nothing close to what you and those close to you will receive from the nigerian islamic janjaweed you call military. It's a matter of time. Your turn is coming since you are glamorizing zoological behavior.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 09:26 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Eazyatumeyi at 27-04-2016 09:27 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Passionate Ofente on 27-04-2016 08:36 AM
Unless you die fast, as long as you live and believe in that contraption called nigeria, the fate of this attorney will be nothing close to what you and those close to you will receive from the nigerian islamic janjaweed you call military. It's a matter of time. Your turn is coming since you are glamorizing zoological behavior.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 09:27 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Eazyatumeyi at 27-04-2016 09:28 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Passionate Ofente on 27-04-2016 08:36 AM
Unless you die fast, as long as you live and believe in that contraption called nigeria, the fate of this attorney will be nothing close to what you and those close to you will receive from the nigerian islamic janjaweed you call military. It's a matter of time. Your turn is coming since you are glamorizing zoological behavior.
What you have said now is simply a "treasonable offence" you are describing the 'Nigeria Military' as an Islamic Janjaweed, you lack the spirit of patriotism, "a citizen should love is country against his/her government" the military have no fault judging from the barrister's explanations, finally... its obvious you an autistic citizen, I tell you this I and my relatives are not afraid of Naija military we 'respect' them, my turn and my relatives turn will never come cos we are not in the business of challenging them when they are on a covert assignment that is meant to benefit the Nigeria populace.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 09:28 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Eazyatumeyi at 27-04-2016 09:34 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Passionate Ofente! What you have said now is simply a "treasonable offence" you are describing the 'Nigeria Military' as an Islamic Janjaweed, you lack the spirit of patriotism, "a citizen should love is country against his/her government" the military have no fault judging from the barrister's explanations, finally... its obvious you an autistic citizen, I tell you this I and my relatives are not afraid of Naija military we 'respect' them, my turn and my relatives turn will never come cos we are not in the business of challenging them when they are on a covert assignment that is meant to benefit the Nigeria populace.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 09:34 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
kabu-kabu at 27-04-2016 09:40 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Timothy Eazy on 27-04-2016 09:34 AM
Passionate Ofente! What you have said now is simply a "treasonable offence" you are describing the 'Nigeria Military' as an Islamic Janjaweed, you lack the spirit of patriotism, "a citizen should love is country against his/her government" the military have no fault judging from the barrister's explanations, finally... its obvious you an autistic citizen, I tell you this I and my relatives are not afraid of Naija military we 'respect' them, my turn and my relatives turn will never come cos we are not in the business of challenging them when they are on a covert assignment that is meant to benefit the Nigeria populace.
Like you checked out my profile on fb. Good, for sure, apparently you are so uninformed. I am speaking from a point of credibility. Can't you see that your are committing your self. Military does not mean madness. It means you are well informed, organised, and highly professional at all times.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 09:40 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Eazyatumeyi at 27-04-2016 09:49 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Passionate Ofente on 27-04-2016 09:40 AM
Like you checked out my profile on fb. Good, for sure, apparently you are so uninformed. I am speaking from a point of credibility. Can't you see that your are committing your self. Military does not mean madness. It means you are well informed, organised, and highly professional at all times.
am not here to exchange words or start an alternation with you any one supporting your opinions, I am responsible for what I say not what you understand, and (note) I didn't check your profile on Facebook, your full name is conspicuously shown here, I am entitled to my own opinion.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 09:49 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
kabu-kabu at 27-04-2016 10:11 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Timothy Eazy on 27-04-2016 09:49 AM
am not here to exchange words or start an alternation with you any one supporting your opinions, I am responsible for what I say not what you understand, and (note) I didn't check your profile on Facebook, your full name is conspicuously shown here, I am entitled to my own opinion.
Not disputing that. Opinion is like A*#S, everybody's got one. typically you are a nigerian, unnecessarily, snobbish, ignorant, aggressive, insensitive, self-centered, non-communicative, morally, ethically bankrupt, brutish, dirty, savage, deceptive, paranoid, and highly disoriented, bloody and self-destructive. The only language you speak and understand is violence. Confusion is your abode. Broken people in a broken society, Unjust people that has no clue of what due process and human right is all about. Dregs of the human race!
Posted: at 27-04-2016 10:11 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming
Eazyatumeyi at 27-04-2016 10:21 AM (9 years ago) (m)
Quote from: Passionate Ofente on 27-04-2016 10:11 AM
Not disputing that. Opinion is like A*#S, everybody's got one. typically you are a nigerian, unnecessarily, snobbish, ignorant, aggressive, insensitive, self-centered, non-communicative, morally, ethically bankrupt, brutish, dirty, savage, deceptive, paranoid, and highly disoriented, bloody and self-destructive. The only language you speak and understand is violence. Confusion is your abode. Broken people in a broken society, Unjust people that has no clue of what due process and human right is all about. Dregs of the human race!
Lol, see a pot calling a stove black, as I have typed before am not here to exchange any typed words with you, MIND OVER MATTERS.
Posted: at 27-04-2016 10:21 AM (9 years ago) | Hero
Slimchery at 27-04-2016 10:37 AM (9 years ago) (m)
una leave boko haram dey pursue lawyer, unaq see una life, na only armless man una dey pursue dey even shoot gun but when una see boko boyz una go run trowey the same gun and uniform then dress like woman just to escape. fools
Posted: at 27-04-2016 10:37 AM (9 years ago) | Gistmaniac
That is the social amenities everybody that pay tax is equal to use no one has absolute right to just block the road and prevent others from using it, It's seems that some Nigerian military/army personals are not thought/do not understand their right and duties to the general public it's shameful that the average citizens don't have any right or do not know his or her right due to long military brutality
Posted: at 27-04-2016 10:37 AM (9 years ago) | Upcoming