Soldiers Beating Up Okada Riders Captured Live On Camera

What a shame. Someone may ask why do people allow themselves to be bullied by soldiers and police. The answer is simple. They soldiers and police have guns and do not hesitate to use them. Some of them are not different from armed robbers. I know Nigerians who have lost their lives because they argued with soldiers and police men.

I now chide myself in retrospect for all the times I stood toe to toe with them, but it is not easy to waive your fundermental human rights just because you are dealing with an armed law enforcer.

I can understand not being able to argue with an armed robber as his position is very clear, "your property or your life". An armed robber is his own law, but you should be to tell the police or soldier that you are not parting with your money and not expect any brutality as a result of your position.

Dude, you were lucky to have completed your filming successfully. Last December, someone on holiday in Nigeria from the States was shot dead by the police for attempting to video them over an "egunje" arguement.

This is inhumane i will look at the Nigerian army website and forward this to the provost marshall for action, this should be published in a national news paper

no one deserves a beating for nothing

this should be forwarded to CNN or BBC

Tellmemore,

Nice one.
Hope the appropriate quarters get to see this. This is a shameful and Barbaric act.
Hope you don't mind if I send this round fellow friends and colleagues?

Lmao.Police officers no get shame so i wldnt be suprised.

Come to think of it, though it is ridiculous and inhumane for any soldier to do that, i can bet it with you that some okada riders deserve more than that given the level of "atrocities" they commit, by "atrocities", i mean violence, and constant violation of traffic rules that has led to loss off lives and time(in terms of time spent in traffic hold up) in lagos state, and Nigeria is not UK where there is speedy trial of such cases, jungle trial will continue

Nice work tellmemore. They say a picture speaks a thousand words but your video speaks  a million.
This should be a wake up call to the government. How long will people be victimised by those supposed to protect them? an end must be put to this.
Wished your camera had optical zoom and a higher resolution so that those involved could be prosecuted.

omdz  that is cruel and bullying

Whao!
I like the scene of the beating
The soldiers are just catching fun there u know.
sometimes we need some beatings from those soldiers to get cautioned.
f375

it doesnt get any more ignorant than this! 

This is outrageous! what the hell waz that? something must be done about that kind of abuse. Those soldiers should and will not go unpunished. What a bunch of SHAMELESS FOOLS who show no respect for the law and human rights. A Nigerian newspaper or TV station should carry this and show the people.

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This indecent behaviour happens all the time in this country, its not only in warri, it happens but the funniest aspect of it all is, who is going to stop them? i personally believe that the power given to the military is damn too much and there is nobody to caution them.

If we see a soldier harass a citizen unjustly, who do u report to? do they follow up the matter as required? the nation is corrupt, people turn a blind eye to every irregularity in the country and take it as normal. You can even be arrested for laying a complain.

Corruption should be fought on all level, not only on the high and mighty of the society. This is my own opinion oh.

Today the Education Minister Dr Oby Ezekwesili shed tears as she made a presentation on the appalling condition of public schools at the lunching of Community Accountability and Transparency Initiative in Abuja to various stakeholders.
Some of those that attended were said to have been surprised to see the images gathered and were wondering if those were actually in Nigeria.

Those in attendance and surprised must have included top Government officials. This goes to prove that either they are pretending not to know the level of decay in various sectors of the economy or they actually don’t know how bad it is in the country.

I think we, as citizens need to help them by showing the true picture of the other side of things in Nigeria. Probably the split unit air conditioners in their offices make the offices too comfortable for them to go out or they are just ignorant of the situation in the country.

This in no doubt will expose the country further to the outside world which does not give a good image of the country but lets not forget this does not only exist in Nigeria, besides how else will it be possible to get to Mr. President or those in power to show them and let them know how the country truly is apart from through the internet.

There should be more follow ups to the soldiers' video