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“Will we nonetheless have rights in Nigeria?” – Aggrieved man asks after a army officer forcefully cuts his hair at a checkpoint in Kaduna – –
A Nigerian man has taken to Twitter to lament being unfairly handled after a army officer forcefully lower his hair at a checkpoint in Kaduna.
The Twitter person recognized as @its_freezle stated he was touring from Kaduna to Jos with two of his buddies once they had been stopped by army officers at Kurmi Idion. He famous that the officers requested them to take away their caps and on seeing his coiffure, tagged him irresponsible.
He added that the army officer requested him to go to a close-by barbing salon to have his hair shaved earlier than he might proceed his journey.
He alleged that when he refused to go away the scene to a close-by barbing saloon, the officer ordered his colleague to make use of a scissor that they had with them to chop it. He added that when he tried to withstand them from chopping his hair, the officers corked their weapons and threatened to shoot him.
Narrating the incident, he wrote partially,
“DO WE STILL HAVE RIGHTS IN NIGERIA?
I’ve all the time been a patriotic nigerian in speech and in motion. However right this moment I skilled essentially the most embarrassing and humiliating factor in my life. I’ve heard this occur to folks however it turned actual to me right this moment. I, @pdshugar & @Kuturanki the place coming to Jos from #kaduna, we’ve handed serval checking factors however on arriving a test level at “KURMI IDON” a army man requested us all to return down, he advised all my buddies to take off their caps and I used to be the one one with a lot hair. so he insulted me and referred to as me Irresponsible as a result of I used to be not on low lower.Evaluating me with my buddies. He went additional to say I ought to go to a close to by barbing saloon to chop my hair if not he gained’t allow us to go, which I wasn’t able to do. So he requested his different colleague to chop my hair with a scissors, I pulled again, instantly, the opposite army man cocked his gun to shoot me, and the opposite tried to hit me with the top of his rifle. so i stood and the man put the scissors ✂️ into my hair.”
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