Nigerian Army Sacks Private Soldier For Taking Picture In Colonel’s Office

The Nigerian Army has sacked a soldier attached to the Army University, Biu, Borno State for professional misconduct.

SaharaReporters gathered that the private soldier was accused of taking pictures while seated in the superior officer’s office.

“Private soldier dismissed from service after taking a photo in a colonel’s office. Pls personnel should be warned cause it’s getting out of hand,” a short message sent by a commanding officer on WhatsApp to soldiers read.

Confirming the incident, a military officer said, “This guy is so indiscipline, a chronic one but I don’t think he deserved to be dismissed with what he just did.”

However, SaharaReporters had not been able to ascertain the identity of the soldier at the time of filing this report.

President Muhammadu Buhari last year signed the bill for the establishment of the army university.

The Bill entitled: “An Act to establish the Nigerian Army University, Biu as a conventional university with selected programmes, limited and focused faculties to promote scholarship, research and other means of advancement of knowledge and its practical application to military hardware and software, and provide an opportunity of acquiring a higher and liberal education in Nigeria”, seeks to tackle insecurity in the country, professionally.

In December 2021, Private Hannah Sofiat Akinlabi, a female soldier, was detained after video clips of her being proposed to by a male corps member at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, went viral on social media.

He was released after spending days in a detention facility of the Nigerian Army.

SaharaReporters had reported that the female soldier was ordered to be detained by Captain MM Abdulahi, Kwara State NYSC Camp Commandant, at a military detention facility in Ilorin, the state capital, pending further investigations.

A military source had said she was detained for not being “due for marriage, romancing on uniform publicly, absent on parade, indiscriminate behaviour, doing other things aside from her purpose in NYSC camp, disobedience to standing order of social media rule and disobedience to ethics and tradition of the Nigerian Army”.

Her arrest and detention were widely condemned by civil society groups and Nigerians in general, who described it as gender discrimination by the Nigerian Army.

https://saharareporters.com/2022/03/21/nigerian-army-sacks-private-soldier-taking-picture-colonel%E2%80%99s-office

SERVES HIM RIGHT..

NOTHING PASS RESPECT AND SELF DISCIPLINE.

he deserves to be dismissed and jailed.
this is how disrespect, insubordination and coup starts

One of the major problems we have is decision making.

One of our major problems in this country is insecurity.

After you dismissed and release a soldier that was trained to kill, what do you think, most of these people ended up as bandits, kidnappers et al.

For this type of crime, I don't think NAF
should dismiss this guy there should be a better punishment for him rather than dismiss him. What happens to the guard room, what happened to other punishment.

NB: I mistook NA for NAF

Can you imagine the effrontery and temerity.


He should be jailed also, cause that's impersonation

Without discipline a military unit or institution will fail.
Discipline is the root that holds the military, military is not for fine boys or jokers, military personnel are, a choosen breed . Good decision. Does he want to use it to scam people?

The generation of social media. He may have done it solely to upload it on the social media

Serves him right

That's is impersonation

He’s obviously under the influence of Mpuru Miri

This guy is so indiscipline, a chronic one but I don’t think he deserved to be dismissed with what he just did.”

I quite agree with the colonel.

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qekng40:
Can you imagine the effrontery and temerity.


He should be jailed also, cause that's impersonation

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He didn't impersonate since he was not wearing the rank of the colonel.

He might just be one of the soldiers attached to the office, hence his unlimited access. Then he decided to use the opportunity for paparazzi.

LeoDeKing:
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He didn't impersonate since he was not wearing the rank of the colonel.

He might just be one of the soldiers attached to the office, hence his unlimited access. Then he decided to use the opportunity for paparazzi.

You know nothing about Military code of conduct. I was born into it, I've lived through it.

Just forget aborrit, you'll never understand

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NaijaGoBetter20:
One of the major problems we have is decision making.

One of our major problems in this country is insecurity.

After you dismissed and release a soldier that was trained to kill, what do you think, most of these people ended up as bandits, kidnappers et al.

For this type of crime, I don't think NAF should dismiss this guy there should be a better punishment for him rather than dismiss him. What happens to the guard room, what happened to other punishment.

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Where did you see NAF in the report?

Do you even know the meaning of NAF?

Also, so a soldier that commits a dismissal offence should be pampered so he doesn't join robbery or bandit? How then do you deter others with such tendencies?

EWU!

Don't be surprised he may not even know that what he was doing is even wrong self, all this soldiers that just join the military without knowing the do's and don't of military service the other day a female soldier allowed a corper engaged her when such an act is forbidden for new recruits, what am saying in essence is that it is good to know the laws of any institution you belong too, to avoid unnecessary sanctions or dismisal

I think dismissal is harsh but what he did is very wrong...

qekng40:


You know nothing about Military code of conduct. I was born into it, I've lived through it.

Just forget aborrit, you'll never understand

You were born into the military, yet you don't know what impersonation in the military is?

Did he by any chance identify himself as a colonel?

Lemme hint you, you can only be guilty of impersonation when you try or attemp to portray yourself as what you are not.

Posing on a seat that is not your designated seat is simply indiscipline especially if the seat is for your superior.

He shuld go and do Thanksgiving.

They have delivered him from the hands of boko boys and poverty.
Kudos to you young warlock. Now you can be free and hustle like your mates.

Cheers!

LeoDeKing:

You were born into the military, yet you don't know what impersonation in the military is?

Did he by any chance identify himself as a colonel?

Lemme hint you, you can only be guilty of impersonation when you try or attemp to portray yourself as what you are not.

Posing on a seat that is not your designated seat is simply indiscipline especially if the seat is for your superior.

Okay. Since u think the military does things like Civilians, its fine.

Have a nice day.

You dey whine CO ni??

same way some office cleaner/messenger will enter manager office, Sidon on chair and dey snap picture for FB,whataspp status

If it is not a Southerner, let me know why.

If this act deserves outright dismissal, then the Nigeria military should extend similar 'gesture' to their men fond of brutalising civilians at the slightest provocation.

Nigerian Army and stupidity. What is the crime here? He can only be sanctioned for unethical conduct which may attract 14 days cutting of grass and not dismissal.

Just imagine the way lots of Nigerian fools are justifying his dismissal. These are the pple that would later complain abt their bosses being too arrogant and blah, blah.

Nigerians are simply a reflection of their own morals and discipline.

Colonel!

Not even sergeant major office...

Better for the private to Goan apply for Ukraine army