Moment army officers shaved off the afro of 3 young men in Enugu(video), Banky W calls for investigation

A Twitter user with the handle @eketiette had shared a video, where in some officers  believed to be of the Nigerian army, abused the fundamental  Human rights of 3 young civilians for carrying afro.

According to @eketiette, the incident occurred along  Eke-Affa road in Udi, Enugu state. The victims were detained by the military men, then  forced to shave each other’s afro, using a blunt razor blaze, which was provided by the driver of the bus, that was conveying them.

Today, a solider at a checkpoint along Eke-Affa road in Udi, Enugu state, stopped a bus and detain 3 young male passengers for carrying afros.

Then he forced them to shave each other’s hair off, using a blunt razor provided by the driver.

This blatant abuse of power…smh

This sparked the interest of popular musician, Olubankole Wellington aka Banky W.

The singer took to Twitter to call on the  defense headquarters to investigate the matter immediately. According to him, the job of the army is to serve and protect the people, not to harass and intimidate them.

@HQNigerianArmy please will you respond to this??? The military is supposed to serve and protect the people. Not harass, humiliate and torture them. Pls respond.

The army in quick response to the singer, thanked him for bringing the matter to their notice, while promising to investigate the matter.

The defense headquarters made it very clear that it doesn’t tolerate any act of misconduct and indiscipline from its personnel.

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