The Nigerian Army, just like other members of the Armed Forces and security agencies, are paid to protect the civilian populace, not brutalize them. While there is in the majority, professionals and highly disciplined members of the NA, the actions of a few rotten eggs have tainted and continued to taint the image of the army.
My friend, who wasn't feeling well, had taken a commercial bike around 11.20AM on Monday to first lodge a complaint at Union Bank from where he was going to head to OAU Ile-Ife to run a medical test.
On their way, around Lagere junction opposite Stanbic IBTC, they were assaulted by a soldier. Initially, it seemed the bike rider had committed an unknown offence and was the target of the soldier's fury but as he (the soldier) took out his whip to flog the rider, it landed on my friend's neck.
An attempt to inquire from the soldier what happened seemed to infuriate him the more as he mercilessly flogged my friend in question. The unidentified soldier didn't have a name tag on his uniform but was attached to a red-colored van with the call number '007' written on it.
When will our soldiers and other security agents learn to stop brutalizing civilians at the slightest or no provocation?
See photos of the marks left on my friend's body after the soldier was through flogging him.

Overzealousness of the highest order! Some soldiers believe they are some Zoo keepers!!

Koboko...