It is very unfortunate to see the way the men in uniform in Nigeria treat civilians these days and get away with it easily. The same people who are paid from the civilians’ tax money turns around to treat the civilian like an animal and yet the authorities watch on as if the country has no laws.

And all of these happening under a “so-called civilian democratic government”! I wonder what what would have happened if the country was under the Military Rule like sometime back.

This is aside form the fact that soldiers have been turned into “traffic wardens” who like the Policemen collect #20 bribes at check-points and similar stuff.

The most recent case was captured by no other person other than Nigeria’s foremost comedian, Ali Baba who accused the Nigerian Army of treating army brutality of civilians with kid gloves.

Ali Baba posted a photo showing a military man stepping on a civilian in a puddle, whip in hand.

“Bloody civilian! How dare you challenge an officer. And after investigation, it would be an #unknownSoldier. Bloody civilian,” he wrote as caption for the post.

See the Photo here below:

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The question now is “Whose duty is it to call these errant soldiers to order”? Or is it that Nigeria has become a lawless state? When soldiers behave the way they are doing right now on the streets of the country, what differentiates them from the so-called “bloody civilians”? These are soldiers who ordinarily should not even be seen on the streets in the first place.

A more worrying question would be “can such undisciplined soldiers be relied upon to defend this country in the case of a foreign invasion? Your guess is as good as mine and I wonder what the Military Authorities think about such a scenario or maybe they do not believe Nigeria can be attacked by a foreign force.

I honestly fear for this nation called Nigeria. Things are falling apart at an alarming rate and yet those who should be concerned are showing a whole lot of indifference. Time shall surely tell.

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