The soldiers who have been held since September last year managed to reach out to the outside world via text messages, using the opportunity to reveal the conditions they are being held in.
In an initial message, they sent this text to our reporter: “Greetings sir, we are the 12 soldiers sentenced to death \others detained at CIC Apapa, Lagos. We are to inform you that following our denial of access to our families, councils & even access to fund [sic] to feed our families\pay our legal fees, that as you know, we had been concealing our cell phone to help us hear from counsels.
The phone was collected on 6\5\15, in view of this, we have not been fed, We are on hand-cuff & leg chain, we are kept naked [sic] & deprived of even drinking water. As it stands now sir, our lives are at stake. We, therefore, plead with due respect that you intervene”. Our reporter then followed up trying to call the number but met with no success.
In an initial message, they sent this text to our reporter: “Greetings sir, we are the 12 soldiers sentenced to death \others detained at CIC Apapa, Lagos. We are to inform you that following our denial of access to our families, councils & even access to fund [sic] to feed our families\pay our legal fees, that as you know, we had been concealing our cell phone to help us hear from counsels.
The phone was collected on 6\5\15, in view of this, we have not been fed, We are on hand-cuff & leg chain, we are kept naked [sic] & deprived of even drinking water. As it stands now sir, our lives are at stake. We, therefore, plead with due respect that you intervene”. Our reporter then followed up trying to call the number but met with no success.
After a while, one of the accused reached our reporter again, this time in a voice call with a frantic message. “They are trying to kill us. They want to kill us” the voice said. He went on to inform our reporter that the authorities have noticed that they have access to a cell phone and have therefore resorted to using starving techniques as a form of punishment. He said they had not been fed nor given any water for about five days.
Last year the story broke of some 12 soldiers who were reined in by the military authorities for allegedly refusing to confront Boko Haram militants and firing at their commanding officer in the northeastern city of Maiduguri in May. The soldiers were reportedly angry after a convoy was ambushed on a road frequently targeted by Islamist Boko Haram militants and decided to protest to the authorities who they blamed for underequipped and underpaying them.
Inspite of all d public outcry pertaining to d persecution of these guyz d military is hell bent on maltreating these guyz! I think pres. Jonathan should wade into dis mata. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
ReplyDeleteI feel their pains....we hope n pray buhari will come to their rescue but I don't know why jona turn blind eye to this issue
ReplyDeleteThey should try and forgive those soldiers please
ReplyDeleteHmm hope something is been don fast
ReplyDeleteMmm nawa o, make dem free these guys na
ReplyDeleteOk,wetin families do dem?don't dey hv a ryt to see their sons and husbands? some times i don't get our people, jona tokoooo,before dem go use hunger kill ds soldiers
ReplyDeleteNa waoo may God safe this people
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