Video: Soldier arrested for assaulting traffic wardens in Oyo

The Nigerian Military says it has arrested a Lance Corporal allegedly concerned in an assault on two visitors wardens in Oyo State.

A video which went viral confirmed the army officer and a few of his colleagues assaulting the visitors wardens at Adeoye Street by Ring Street, Ibadan in Oyo state on Friday, January 7.

The Director of Military Public Relations, Brigadier Common Onyema Nwachukwu, in a press release, stated the Nigerian Military is working with the state police command to fish out and arrest others who participated within the assault.

The assertion was titled, “One soldier arrested as investigation is ongoing to establish and arrest all culprits within the unlucky assault on visitors wardens in Ibadan.”

It reads; “Following the viral video of an assault on two visitors wardens by males on army uniform suspected to be troopers, the headquarters Nigerian Military ordered speedy investigation to establish and arrest the culprits.

Preliminary investigation has proven that the unlucky incident happened on Friday, January 7, 2022 at Adeoye Street by Ring Street, Ibadan.

The investigation can also be already yielding outcomes as certainly one of assailants, a Lance Corporal of the Nigerian Military, has been taken into custody. Efforts are being made in collaboration with the Oyo State Command of the Nigerian Police Drive to establish, find and arrest the remaining culprits.

At the same time as investigation continues to be ongoing, the Nigerian Military needs to dissociate itself from the very reprehensible conduct of the people seen in that video. The vicious assault on fellow safety personnel or any unarmed residents within the method seen within the video is just not in step with the ethos and professionalism of the Nigerian Military and subsequently stands condemned in very sturdy phrases.“

Watch video of the assault HERE