The lady who was brutalized by the army
An upcoming Nollywood actress, Jewel Infinity, has cried out for help
after she was left hospitalized following a beating she received from a
Nigerian army officer in Rivers State.
Below is how Jewel Infinity shared her story on social media;
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A CRY OF HELP!
Please my good people of our nation, i am sincerely calling out for
justice against violence. I am hospitalized right now as i type this
with the lil stamina in me; i am in serious pain and agony; in between
life and death. This is my story:
This morning, at about 11.50am, i boarded a siena vehicle leaving
PortHarcourt for Onitsha. As we approached the first checkpoint
immediately after the airport, we pulled over as the soldiers ordered us
to, for the usual scrutinization.
One of them, the youngest of them, by name, SULAIMAN OLAMILEKAN, began
to molest me. He accused me of discussing him, where i was only having a
friendly debate with the lady beside me about whether his car is tinted
or not because of the way the we where being delayed because the driver
didn't bring the back glass down when he stopped us immediately he was
like 'hey you wetin you just talk now' I explained to him that he was
never in the picture of the gist but he ignored me and demanded i
disembark from the vehicle, kneel down and apologise to him.
I called his bluff and explained to him that i did nothing wrong to
apologise. To my greatest dismay, this dude went in search of any
object at his disposal (a huge stick), and started hitting it all over
my body. He shove me out of the vehicle and when he piecesed the stick
on me he went in search of another thing and he came back with a big rod
immediately I saw him coming with that one and I noticed everyone was
already scared to come closer also his colleagues were just there busy
with the stopping of other vehicles I ran out of the vehicle and jumped
down wanted to run over to the other lane to where their ogas used to
stay but on a second thought I sensed he might throw the big rod on me I
then stood still not believing he could actually used that on me b4 I
knew it he started hitting my two leg with it.
I was helpless as my fellow passengers were scared to intervene, the
others (soldiers) disengaged him from hitting me further but they did
not reprimand/reprove him. Instead, they confiscated my phone and
prevented me from taking pictures of any of them my phone's screen is in
pieces now. When i told them that i would nolonger proceed with the
journey, they restrained me from going back to Portharcourt by
compelling the driver to embark on our journey to (Onitsha) with me.
The driver drove off to some distance away from there, and i alighted
from the vehicle and boarded another one heading back to Portharcourt.
The passengers in the bus were astonished at the injuries i sustained
from the brutality. They sympathized with me and advised me to take the
matter up. Even the new driver confirmed Ola to be a ruthless soldier as
he has had an encounter like that with him before.
As soon as we arrived Portharcour, i went straight to the Army Barracks
to file a report about him. I narrated the whole story to them. The
soldiers and the superiors there, were astonished at the cruel act and
were sympathizing with me and pleaded that i shouldn't take the case any
further; that the Ola dude would be remanded for one month in the
barracks there (which i feel is not enough justice)they said he just
joined then in the yr 2015
I was quickly attended to and was taken to their clinic for treatment.
They summoned for Ola, the dude was very shocked that the case had
gotten here already. To God be the glory, he confessed correctly that i
didn't do anything to have warranted his cruel action that he was in a
very bad mood He said what happened there was inexplicable. This time,
he genuflected and implored for compassion. He took my number when I was
giving it to the nurse for my admission at the hospital an whatsapped
me to forgive him and not take things seriously. (This was how i tracked
his identity on True caller.)
Right now i am bedridden.
The doctor said i am running temperature due
to my high blood pressure. I am in serious pain and rendered partially
immoveable. How do i explain this uncomely incidence to my family in
Onitsha whom i was supposed to meet with? Here are the pictures of what
happened in the scene including the picture of the violator and the rod
he used You can access him with his facebook addy, "Sulaiman
Olamilekan".
Please Help! Help me reach out to anybody in authority, who can fight
this violence. Violence is indeed a cankerworm that has eaten us deep
into every fabric of the Nigerian Army Force. Soldiers fight and protect
their own, not to destroy the innocent civilians'
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