A Nigerian soldier identified as Ojikutu Ridwanullahi - has urged fellow countrymen to have respect for soldiers and stop seeing them as the enemies. The young man who relayed his message via Facebook saying that the risks the gallant men (soldiers) take for country should reciprocated with respect and not condemnation. Read his message below;

Dear civilians of Nigeria this post is meant to change ur thinking towards us. Looking at other countries, people give respect to their soldiers and these soldiers are not working as hard as we. Nigerian Soldiers are not ur enemies, the enemies are Boko Haram and Militant.

We are facing dem for u while u run away from dem. Take for instance, if there is an attack u cannot go there but to run off the place to avoid death but we with just one life like u will run to it and make it stop. We can die as well because we have blood in our veins.

You have never clapped for our struggles but talk bad about us, u have never prayed for us but plan on how to injure us are u our enemy as well. Before i joined Army, i thought Soldiers were bullies but wen i joined i got to know that since u cant stop a moving car but pushing or pulling it den u cant stop soldiers from being rugged and causing because thats the programming. Stop adding to Soldiers problem and give us our little respect as warriors.

In those days, no one dears try a knight or soldiers but nw not the same. Our soldiers die everyday for the country. If you want to know more, come for the training and lets post you @ Maiduguri or Chad or Cameroon then you will know. Gallant Soldiers pls pass this on till all Nigerian will see it. Cos when ever I remember all I and my regulars went through water fell from my eyes. we re rugged, we re not coward "

GOD BLESS NIGERIAN ARMY,I rep 74

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2017/08/stop-adding-problems-give-us-little-respect-soldier-warns-nigerians.html

Let me respond comprehensively.
A soldier siting on the fence of your barracks opposite yabaleft..was asked by a stranger where he could ease himself the soldier responded with stones aimed at his head... Mr. You don't deserve the respect of Nigerians.

You soldiers truncated our democracy and broke down our structure that engendered development from the grassroots replaced it with a unitary system where the grassroots come cap in hand to the centre for alms called allocations... while the grassroots remain in perpetual useless state... You deserve no respect of Nigerians.

You soldiers annuled and jailed the acclaimed winner of the June 12 elections subsequently murdered his wife and ensured his death in dubious circumstances.. you deserve no respect at all.

On your boko haram struggle... If you had not broken down Nigeria into colonies of beggars boko haram insurgency wouldn't have arisen in the first place... Thus you are reaping the fruits of your wickedness and misrule... No respect no sympathy from the majority of Nigerians.

Your soldiers molest and kill innocent civilians nationwide yet you want our respect... No! You deserve none. No respect for you in any form.

Even our taxpayers money allocated to prosecute the Boko haram insurgency was continuously looted dry and you want our respect?!!


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Can you imagine this illiterate dude of a soldier

Na person push you enter army

If u guys want respect then you should stop harassing and torturing harmless civilians
Stop pouring your frustration on us, nor be we send u go join army

Una sabi.

Rubbish !!

NgcoboP:

Let me respond comprehensively.
A soldier siting on the fence of your barracks opposite yabaleft..was asked by a stranger where he could ease himself the soldier responded with stones aimed at his head... Mr. You don't deserve the respect of Nigerians.

You soldiers truncated our democracy and broke down our structure that engendered development from the grassroots replaced it with a unitary system where the grassroots come cap in hand to the centre for alms called allocations... while the grassroots remain in perpetual useless state... You deserve no respect of Nigerians.

You soldiers annuled and jailed the acclaimed winner of the June 12 elections subsequently murdered his wife and ensured his death in dubious circumstances.. you deserve no respect at all.

On your boko haram struggle... If you had not broken down Nigeria into colonies of beggars boko haram insurgency wouldn't have arisen in the first place... Thus you are reaping the fruits of your wickedness and misrule... No respect no sympathy from the majority of Nigerians.

Your soldiers molest and kill innocent civilians nationwide yet you want our respect... No! You deserve none. No respect for you in any form.

Even our taxpayers money allocated to prosecute the Boko haram insurgency was continuously looted dry and you want our respect?!!

Are u saying other country's military who are well respected are perfect. Go and insult and maltreat your local security first to see how he will react.

kufre2010:
Are u saying other country's military who are well respected are perfect. Go and insult and maltreat your local security first to see how he will react.

Maltreatment? Seems you are too far behind to understand my writeup. Please get someone to do the interpretation for thee

I understand that our soldiers most times over step their bound,harrass and bully innocent citizens. However, I still feel that they deserve our constructive criticism and not the destructive ones,they deserve our love,respect and prayers.

The hate we reserve for our soldiers should be transferred to our APC and PDP looters from the grassroot to the highest level of leadership in our country

Make yourselves respectable and watch d people respect u in return

The respect you seek for should be earned and not sought for.
We know civilian lives you have touched in many negative ways.

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Respect??!!!

when you keep truncating our fundamental human right you seek respect

when you bully citizens who refuse to see u as gods
you seek respect

when you have no respect for the civilians how tf do u expect to be respected

Nigeria army is a big disgrace, a big shame and wash off

Lol. Nigerian soldiers can't handle civilians like sand and expect to be treated like salt. Respect they say is reciprocal.



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Soldier boy u compare yourself with soldiers abroad pls be reasonable. The soldiers abroad I know and ve seen dont behave d way u guys behave. The way u guys behave makes me wonder if some of u are animals coated with human skin. Soldiers abroad join queue and dont jump line cos they are in uniform like u guys do. Soldiers abroad dont move on a wrong lane just to beat traffic which u guys do and sometimes cause accident. Soldiers abroad pay their fares and dont expect a free ride. Soldiers abroad dont see police as inferior but see them as part of d civil authority they must be subjected and hence u never see or hear of Army-Police clash. U dont hear of military brutality towards civilians abroad but it is normal here. In a traffic if a civilian mistakenly hits ur car as it cud with anyone, then d soldier wud turn the civilian into punching bag cos na for civilian body una get power. I ve even witnessed a case where the soldier was at fault but was beating d driver whose car he damaged.
So in all respect dont compare yourselves with soldiers abroad.

I did my NYSC in d north and witnessed firsthand so much brutality by d military towards unarmed civilian many of whom were even people old enough to be ur father. Sometimes I ask myself is it d gun and uniform that makes u guys so wild to act that way or d wraps of weed smoked.

During my NYSC, I had rapport with some soldiers and I was shocked with d comments of some soldiers which reflects their attitude towards civilians. The comments are "bloody civilians", una civilians no get sense", "I go waste una", "civilians be animal/chicken".

I feel perharps ur training makes u guys feel that u re superior to civilians but u fail to realize that u all in uniform were born "bloody civilians", ur fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, wives, children, relatives and friends are bloody civilians.

U also fail to realize that if u dont die in active service, u wud retire to be a bloody civilian.
U guys are so arrogant and full of yourselves as if no be blood they flow for una vein. Na for civilian body una get power but when Boko Haram where overruning ur bases u guys were complaining of lack of weapons telling us grammar that it is assymetric warfare bla bla but there is a never a lack of ammunition when u re called upon to manage peaceful protest of unarmed bloody civilians whom u wud use to test your shooting skills.

I also wish to use this medium to tell all our member of armed forces here on this thread and those who may be one someday that if u re called to suppress peaceful protests, use ur head. Dont be a zombie as late Fela call u. Most peaceful protests are means through which d masses speak to senseless leaders cos if they were sensible and sensitive to d needs of d masses it wud not ve degenerated to a protest. Hence dont use ur arms against d people cos those thieves in power wud use to maintain their grip on power and dump u when u retire to d point that even ur meagre pension wud be owed while they embezzle billions.
Dont let d gun or uniform get into ur head. Dont be a zombie cos as Fela call u. And remember what goes round comes round.

Yes Sir

Nigerian Army did not get the memo that says that respect is earned ?

In Nigeria, we are afraid of soldiers because you can't predict a soldier's response to "Good morning sir". You could end up doing frog jump for that.

So please tell your colleagues to act civilized then they will get their respect. I know that not all of them are brutal but a lot act like they are under some influence.

Respect? Mctchewww. And They Treat Ordinary People Like Goats

What problems?

Coming from soldiers,it's a warning.Coming from civillians,its a telling.

I can see some peeps blaming this young man for the sins of likes of obasanjo and co. Someone I believe might be a brother or relative of someone here, making all sort of negative remark against him and a majority who are innocent of the ills meted out by a few. If this young gallant soldier and his compatriots sit in the comfort of wherever they came from, forming e-warriors like some insensitive brats here, who would mount the offensive/defensive against the jihadists? If you have seen or experienced a quarter of what these men have been through, u would be greatful for the sacrifices they have made and still making.

after killing ipob and innocent shia members abi una dey madt

lol..buh true all the same..these guys deserve our prayers..believe me you,,I know how many have died in this boko haram wahala cos I live in the barracks..it's not easy being sent to the front line without adequate ammunitions and food

Hmm

madridguy:

u deycraze ewu ausa mad-real

U don't deserve shii
'bloody civilians' & 'Goats' don't know how to show respect.
Goan find respect from BH and militants.
Lubbish

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