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It was on the 18th of November, 2021. Early in the morning of that Thursday, my father, in his usual and habitual way of spraying grains for domestic animals, was outside feeding them when he observed some military men roaming about in the street right beside his car.

He really did not want to challenge them but he felt challenging them was the best thing to do just to be security conscious. My father asked them what their mission was and who they are looking for in the community at that time of the day. That was when they said they needed him for interrogation at their office. Hearing this, he accepted to follow them but made a request to be allowed to enter the house and put on his wears as he can't follow them with his towel on. They said he can't enter the house to do anything. That was when he called us (his children) out.

I got out dragging issues with the guys, they showed me their I.D card but I asked for their arrest warrant, they were not able to produce one. They said they just want to interrogate my father.

After series of forth and back, they later allowed him dress up, and as well allowed my brother to follow him. Between the twinkle of an eye, men of operation burst came with full force saying he had to go with them.

According to my brother who went with him, when they got to the operation burst office here in Oyo town They changed every tune, they dropped my brother there, signed out of the operation burst office, They started rough handling my father, Handcuffed him, Pushed him into the car, blindfolded him and drove away without letting anyone know where they took him, all in the name of interrogation.

We were not able to reach through my Dad, as his phone was just ringing and no one picked. Later in the night around 11pm or thereabouts, they brought my dad home on handcuff with a very stressed and tired face to request for his mobile phone.

They asked if it was the only Android phone he has, which we said Yes, my father was looking tired and weak with swollen eyeballs, The soldiers promised that my father would be home the second day but Till this moment my father is not home yet. Neither do we know my father's whereabouts. He was rendered incommunicado since that day and we have no idea where he was locked in. All our efforts to get in touch with the operation burst is getting null and void. That was when we realized my father, who's the breadwinner of the family was actually being kidnapped by the men in uniform. This isn't any interrogation but pure kidnapping.

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please help us out on this matter. We don't know anyone to turn to. Is this how things supposed to be done? Should kidnapping be done in the disgust of Interrogation? We were not made where he is in case we want to check on him. NO OFFENSE WAS MADE KNOWN!!!

No evidence was made known and we hear nothing from them since that day. We need to know the offence of my father. We Need to know why he is being maltreated. This is pure stampede on his right as the peace loving citizen of this country. Pleaseee help me

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Nigerian Soldiers Torture, Abduct Man In Oyo State, Deny Family Access To Him

The family also said he was tortured by the military officers while being taken away while the reasons for his arrest were not disclosed to them.

BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORK. NOV 23, 2021

An Oyo State-based man, Alhaji Azeez Maruf, has been abducted by men of the Nigerian Army.

SaharaReporters gathered that Maruf was forcefully taken away from his residence at Alhaja Sara Street, Cele area, Oyo town on Thursday, November 18, 2021 by the soldiers led by one Major Idris Moses.

Family members accused Major Moses of denying them access to Maruf, who they claimed has different health challenges due to his age.

They added that they were yet to see or talk to him since he was abducted as the soldiers refused to reveal where he was being held hostage.

The family also said he was tortured by the military officers while being taken away while the reasons for his arrest were not disclosed to them.

“It's a sad day to see the Nigerian army personnel flood our environ at our residence on Alhaja Sara Street, Cele area, Oyo, on Thursday, November 18 2021 around 7:50am in the morning,” his son said.

“The whole drama started when an unknown man from nowhere stood at the back of my dad’s car parked outside the house. He noticed that one man was standing behind his car and went out to check for security purpose. When he got out, he noticed they were now two and then had to challenge them to know what they were looking for.

“After he asked them who and what they were looking for, the duo replied by trying to force him in with his towel being wrapped on his body, he told them he would be going with them, but that they should allow him to change his towel to normal cloth wherein his relatives who were around already intervened to allow him change his cloth. So those men said my dad’s attention was needed for interrogation.

“Furthermore, in a twinkle of an eye, one of them made a signal and we noticed many buses full of army operatives. We pleaded with them to allow one of his relatives to follow them to at least know his whereabouts of which they agreed.

“Upon the agreement, he was taken to Operation Burst Office in Oyo town, where they signed out and told me I could not go with them to the next location they were taking him to. Without much hesitation, I quickly put a call through to my brother which in turn reached out to some of his friends.

“They all met us at the scene. It should be stated that before taking him to an unknown location, he was handcuffed, blindfolded and put inside the Golf car before they zoomed off with the operation Burst Oyo personnel escorting them.

“To my surprise, he was brought home that day around 10:45pm asking him to go and bring his smartphone which was handed over to those security personnel. Ever since that day we have neither been able to see him nor talk to the breadwinner of our family.

“They have denied him access to his medication. Let it be on record that the act by the Nigerian Army in connivance with the Operation Burst in Oyo Zone isn't in any way different from abduction. It was a broad day kidnapping by men in uniform.

“The soldiers should understand that even if they are men in uniform, the process, method and mode of operations by the Nigeria Army is unconstitutional and inhumane. How an earth will a Nigerian citizen be bundled up from his house without any clear-cut location? How will a man who committed no offence be taken away with his face being blindfolded for more than 4 days? What crime has he committed to that level that what the Nigeria Army felt they can do is to molest a harmless civilian? My dad is a responsible person and he is a peace lover, the Nigerian army should follow all lawful means. Should anything happen to him the Nigerian army should be hold responsible.”

Calls put across by SaharaReporters to Major Moses were not picked nor returned.