The 9 Brigade of the Nigerian Army has arrested a Corporal, Omoh F, who was caught on video flogging a woman at an Oshodi branch of the United Bank of Africa in Lagos.

The Spokesman for the 9 Brigade, Major Olaniyi Osoba, confirmed this to The PUNCH on Monday.

“I can confirm to you that he has been detained and investigations are ongoing,” Osoba said.

Earlier, a lady tweeted on Monday how she was flogged with a belt by the corporal.

Tweeting with her handle, @vels20, she alleged that the soldier had tried to jump an ATM queue but she challenged him.

She further stated that this angered Corporal Omoh who removed his belt from his waist and flogged her.

She tweeted, “I was just assaulted by an army official this morning 26/10/2020 at the ATM stand of UBA at their Oshodi branch. I am still shaking and crying as I write this because I have never felt this way in my entire life. I’m also scared writing this because he threatened me.

“So, my life is your hands Nigerians. I was in the ATM queue and this army official asked me to move so he could pass. I asked him if he was in the queue that there is a queue, he asked me to move. I moved and continued asking him if he was in the queue.

“He flared up as you will see in the video below, and before I knew what happened he brought out his belt and hit me.

“This happened at UBA branch in Oshodi and the security men were there. I literally cried my way to the office. I never insulted him. He threatened to make me bleed in my own country because I asked if he was in the queue. I want justice.”

In the video, customers are seen pleading with the soldier who refused to be pacified as he takes off his belt from his waist to flog the lady.

The victim, who wished to remain anonymous, told The PUNCH that she was still feeling pains.

“I am still in pain right now,” she said, adding that she was considering taking legal action against the army.

The video, which had been shared thousands of times on several social media platforms, was widely condemned by Nigerians.

Amnesty International, as well as several rights groups, have accused the Nigerian Army of human rights violations some of which include torture, subjecting civilians to corporal punishment or outright extrajudicial killings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYoMksAAeHs

https://punchng.com/soldier-arrested-for-jumping-atm-queue-flogging-bank-customer/

Good for him.
EndArmyBrutality.

The evil that men do live after them

Coward. Your mates are in borno fighting bh, you are here assaulting an harmless civilian becos of queue. His head needs to be examined

the kind of nerves this army officers have in the south is shocking, considering the way boko-haram humiliates them in the north

Audio arrest!

All this old men wey nor dey respect their old age

Serves him right

Let's Live Right.

We only live Once.

We move!

#EndSARS #Endbadgovernance #Endforcebrutality.

Aside the assault, Nigerians should give Respect to men in uniform. You shouldn't expect them to queue like civilians, they might be on an emergency assignment

We know the format, arrest him in public and release him in private. No be naija again

if you check it now, na soldier from southern part of Nigeria, dem no get sense. Hausa soldiers won't do that to their fellow Northerner

Thank God for smartphone and social media. The kind security we have in Nigeria they are worse than Boko boiz.
And funnily, they don't harass people anyhow in the North but why is the South always different

ThatFairGuy1:
Aside the assault, Nigerians should give Respect to men in uniform. You shouldn't expect them to queue like civilians, they might be on an emergency assignment

Wrong! Citizens should be respected too.

If you are in a hurry then you respectfully request they allow you, not abuse and intimidate!

CaptainStephen:
wrong

How is that wrong

ThatFairGuy1:
Aside the assault, Nigerians should give Respect to men in uniform. You shouldn't expect them to queue like civilians, they might be on an emergency assignment

Respect as u see Oyibo man says it's reciprocal. U determine how people will respect you by your actions

ThatFairGuy1:
Aside the assault, Nigerians should give Respect to men in uniform. You shouldn't expect them to queue like civilians, they might be on an emergency assignment

Seriously? We're the ones giving this men in uniform power to humiliate us, nothing stops him from seeking permission to do his transaction peacefully. If you want to go far in life, arm yourself with words such as please, I'm sorry, thank you etc.. It goes a long way to keep things in order.
Being an army official doesn't give you the right to flog someone who simply asked a question, not like she insulted him. The man simply lacks manners, I've seen men on uniforms who acted way better than he did.
You are meant to protect us and not flog us to death.
A simple request of please guys can I hurriedly make a transaction? would have been better and earned him more respect than this embarrassment he brought to the men on uniforms

Yeye soldier. If he sees Shekau now, he go dey piss for body

ThatFairGuy1:
How is that wrong

Edited my reply to you.

Hope he was truly arrested.

Michelle55:

Seriously? We're the ones giving this men in uniform power to humiliate us, nothing stops him from seeking permission to do his transaction peacefully. If you want to go far in life, arm yourself with words such as please, I'm sorry, [b]thank you [/b]etc.. It goes a long way to keep things in order.
Being an army official doesn't give you the right to flog someone who simply asked a question, not like she insulted him. The man simply lacks manners, I've seen men on uniforms who acted way better than he did.

Yes, I also share this opinion on my statement"ASIDE THE ASSAULT".

You can't just jump on queue and the next statement is, MOVE.

That's lack of courtesy

Who said the peaceful protests didnt yield any positive result? Before now I have known army as disciplined people. There was a time in my school where the wife of an army office went and snatched the car key of our school bus from the driver for not allowing her child join the bus because she was owing bus fee.. The driver managed to drive out without the car key-he was an experienced mechanic. Our proprietor took the news to the head of the barracks, he was so mad at the woman, to the extent that he ordered the woman to pay all her debts she was owing the school, that failure to do so will attract serious punishment on her(the husband inclusive). The army made sure they got the money from her and handed the money over to the school. Politics(poor payment, hijacking of funds meant for them) is what is ruining the Nigerian army, otherwise the Nigerian army are great persons.

ThatFairGuy1:

Yes, I also share this opinion on my statement"ASIDE THE ASSAULT".

You can't just jump in the midst of people on queue and the next statement is, MOVE.

That's lack of courtesy

Thank you. I truly hope he was actually arrested and not the usual audio arrest we hear of.

Beating a woman with bet. ..only God knows what his wife going through...

This is good news

Professionalism was lost... Provocation took over... Sorry Madam

That is what you get when you give a primary 6 certificate holder a rifle.

I am not in anyway justifying the use of force or beating a lady with a belt or whatsoever. Only weak men do!

But if you watch the video with an open mind you do come to the realization that all the lady was doing was for clout...

This is certainly the dividends of the protests






You can't just do anyhow again because you were uniform

Wow. Good. We're getting there. I saw this story on Twitter yesterday. Nigerians have woken up from their slumber

CaptainStephen:
Wrong! Citizens should be respected too.

If you are in a hurry then you respectfully request they allow you, not abuse and intimidate!

In all my experience, they always beg the person on the queue for chance. It's always one over sabi person at the back of the queue (or who isn't even on the queue at all) that disrupts everything.

In this case, someone had given the soldier space but the lady blocked his way and asked a foolish question of whether he was on the queue. Is it her space?

These men have no life. We should give them some honour. I believe if we honour them they'll honour and love us in return.

All my encounter with men in uniform has never ever turned violent because I always speak politely.

In fact, army are the easiest to deal with. Unlike police, they don't cook lies against you. It's SARS officers that can call you a cultist for not giving them money. Soldier no ask you for anything except to respect and comport yourself. Unfortunately, that's too big a request for many Nigerian Youths.

...will be great again!