A Nigerian army female personnel named Ruth Ogunleye, has levelled serious allegations against her superiors. She claims that some superiors, whom she identified as Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS Ogor, and Brig. Gen. IB Solebo, have made her life unbearable and frustrated her career progression in the army over her refusal to “obey the last command”.
Ogunleye holds Col. IB
Abdulkareem particularly responsible for the difficulties she has faced in the
Army.
Ogunleye, known as
@Ogunleyeruthsavage1 on TikTok, recently shared her pathetic experience on the
platform.
She claimed that Abdulkareem had
made repeated attempts to assault her, administered injections against her
will, forcibly removed her from her residence, and confined her in a psychiatric
hospital for several months.
She added that the officer has
hindered her career progression by denying her access to go for promotion
courses because she allegedly rejected his advances.
She said: “In 2022, I was posted
to Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo, where I met Col IB Abdulkareem who requested
sex from me and I refused. Ever since then, this man has been my nightmare in
the Army, threatening to dismiss me each time.
“He comes to my room to inject me
in my apartment. Send some boys to my house. If I’m lying I have all evidence.
I have evidence against him and I have witnesses.
“He also stigmatised me that I
have mental illness. Each time I try to expose him or each time any senior
person or any senior officer tries to intervene, he will tell them I have a
mental illness.
“He [froze] my account for one
year. February last year till date, no salary.
“Anytime he feels like he wants
to embarrass me, he asks some soldiers to beat me. After beating me up, they
will inject me. He will ask one Funke Ayeni, she is a female soldier, and he
will ask her to set me up. She will set me up, inject me and they will go and
throw me somewhere. At the end of the day, this Brig. Gen. IB Solebo and some
of those senior colonel, they will come to that place, they will be videoing
me,” she added.
She acknowledged the potential
consequences of her actions, anticipating a possible arrest.
According to her, her father has
tried to intervene with Col. IB Abdulkareem to bring her some peace.
She claimed the officer told her
father to relay the message to her to “Obey the last command.”
She said the “last order” was for
the colonel to “sleep with me.”
Meanwhile, the Nigerian Army has
promised to investigate Ogunleye’s allegations.
The Director of Army Public
Relations, Maj. Gen. Nwachukwu Onyema said the investigation was to ascertain
the extent of her claims.
Onyema also slammed the female
soldier, adding that she had not exhausted the avenues for seeking redress
according to the laid-down procedure in the Army.
“The Nigerian Army has been
inundated with audiovisuals making the rounds on social media of the
unprofessional conduct of a female soldier in mufti who claimed to have been
maltreated by some senior officers.
“It is instructive to state that,
considering the gravity of the allegations, NA, as a disciplined force, will
conduct a thorough investigation into the matter,” he said.
“We assure the general public
that the NA as an institution is committed to upholding the integrity and
morals of its personnel and as such, appropriate actions will be taken based on
the findings of the investigation.
“We urge the public to allow the
investigative process to take its course and refrain from making hasty
judgments. The NA remains dedicated to serving our nation with honour and
integrity,” he added.
This is the latest in reports of
maltreatment by soldiers of the Nigerian army.
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