Obigbo Women Forced To Wear Same Underwear For Four Months In Army Detention – Intersociety

About 50 women allegedly arrested by the Nigerian Army during the crisis in Obigbo, Rivers State, last October, were forced to wear the same set of underwear for four months in military detention, a civil rights group, the International Society for Civil Liberties and Rule of Law, has said.

The Intersociety noted on Tuesday that there were fears that some of the ladies, who were recently freed after a prolonged legal intervention, could have infections such as sexually transmitted diseases as some of them claimed to have been serially raped.

SaharaReporters had on February 16 reported that going by the accounts of two of the girls, they were routinely raped by soldiers during the months they spent at the detention facility in Mogadishu Barracks, Asokoro.

The victims said they were arrested around a market in Obigbo while on their way home from work between 7 pm and 7.30 pm in November 2020 and were initially taken to the Nigerian Army base in Obinze Army Barracks, Owerri, Imo State, and then to Abuja.

The Intersociety noted on Tuesday that its findings revealed that the abducted Obigbo women were made to wear the same set of underwear for months, while the army also acted “unconstitutionally, inhumanly, hatefully and abominably by holding the victims incommunicado and outside access to their families, physicians and lawyers”.

The Intersociety release was signed by Emeka Umeagbalasi, Chinwe Umeche, Obianuju Igboeli, and Chidimma Udegbunam.

The civil rights group said, “Going by our findings, including oral interviews from the two freed Obigbo girls and insider sources at army and DSS (Department of State Services) dungeons, the over 60 abducted Obigbo girls and young women were made to wear one set of underwear – pants and a brassiere– from October and November 2020 till date.

“In other words, the victims have been made to wear the same set of pants and brassieres worn when they were abducted by soldiers of the Nigerian Army in October and November 2020 at various points in Obigbo. This is more so when the Nigerian Army and the Department of State Services totally blocked the victims’ access to their loved ones, including physicians, families, and friends, and declined to make their abduction and captivity public knowledge.

“We also doubt if COVID-19 protocols were observed where they were held for four months. Apart from serious suspicion of routine sexual harassment, the women are most likely to have been exposed to a litany of health dangers including sexually transmitted diseases and other health challenges as well as mental and menstrual discomforts.

“The victims only got freed when their names were stressfully and painfully traced by activists and bail applications filed and successfully granted and served on the army authorities, after which the army authorities got them out from different secret locations where they were kept. The totality of these is abominable and unknown to Sections 35 and 36 of Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, particularly subsection 4 of Section 35 and subsections 8 and 12 of Section 36.”

http://saharareporters.com/2021/02/23/obigbo-women-forced-wear-same-underwear-four-months-army-detention-%E2%80%93-intersociety

Nigeria is not a country.

That area would have become a Weapon of Mass Destruction, perfect to take out rapists.

look at what Nwike did to peoples wife, grandmother, mother, daughter and children.
If we don't kill Nigeria, then Nigeria will kill us all

It shall never be well with Wike

If this is true,those evil soldiers will not go free....as they do to others,with their heart,so shall it be done to them.

Very wicked and evil people.
The military especially the NA only job is keep Nigerians hostage,treat them like animals. Even when their tiny cadets are graduating, you see and hear them issuing threats to civilians as if there are no civilians on their families.. boko haram go finish them.

Is there any way to donate to help this women. I have been crying since I read this story. Why do we have heartless people parading themselves as polithiefcian. My grandfather (God bless his soul) always tell me heartless people will always reap their reward. Chai chai chai

Me weh be guy no fit Dare wear same boxers for 5 days, but... Jeeeesu!!! �‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️�‍♂️

IPOB will start a conflict and when the army comes after them they will start complaining, if they didn't pick up arms during the EndSARS protest wike wouldn't have called in the military and nobody would have been arrested.
This is the same thing that is happening in Imo but yet some idiots are still supporting ESN

Edit : you claim the "if my mother was among the women arrested then I might feel different"

my response : if your father was among the security operatives killed in Ndigbo last year during the clash with IPOB you would also feel different

Wike has done an abominable thing and I pray he goes down sooner than later. A woman wearing same underwear for months, how about during her monthly Flow? As a man I can only imagine what these women have been through. God of justice arise and do d needful upon these wicked leaders

Interesting.

When mazi Nnamdi Kanu raised alarm about abduction of Obigbo women by nigeria army,some people said it is all lies,propaganda and hate speech.
But Kanu is always right in almost all he says.


As for Wike.He will surely have a date with Igbo nation.
Likewise the one called hope of Imo state.

Their only luck is ESN said they are here to save life not to waste it,if not am very sure that,like twelve ESN MEN can bring down each of them and the security men guarding them.

Tranquillity360:
When mazi Nnamdi Kanu raised alarm about abduction of Obigbo women by nigeria army,some people said it is all lies,propaganda and hate speech.
But Kanu is always right in almost all he says.


As for Wike.He will surely have a date with Igbo nation.
Likewise the one called hope of Imo state.

Their only luck is ESN said they are here to save life not to waste it,if not am very sure that,like twelve ESN MEN can bring down each of them and the security men guarding them.

One of the reasons Nigeria should be disintegrated so that the hate-filled inhabitants should be separated from each other. Nigeria is simply a zoo.

I Can't even think of it.

Kudejo:
IPOB will start a conflict and when the army comes after them they will start complaining, if they didn't pick up arms during the EndSARS protest wike wouldn't have called in the military and nobody would have been arrested.
This is the same thing that is happening in Imo but yet some idiots are still supporting ESN

So those women were part of IPOB members? What a foolish talk.

Kudejo:
IPOB will start a conflict and when the army comes after them they will start complaining, if they didn't pick up arms during the EndSARS protest wike wouldn't have called in the military and nobody would have been arrested.
This is the same thing that is happening in Imo but yet some idiots are still supporting ESN

Fulani herdsmen has been maiming, raping, killing for fun all over Nigeria but, we're yet to know what's stopping Nigerian Army from going after them.



Do you mind telling us?

this is dehumanizing

How is it impossible?

chatinent:
Nigeria is not a country.

we all knew this

Kudejo:
IPOB will start a conflict and when the army comes after them they will start complaining, if they didn't pick up arms during the EndSARS protest wike wouldn't have called in the military and nobody would have been arrested.
This is the same thing that is happening in Imo but yet some idiots are still supporting ESN

you do have sense? there was nation wide protests which resulted to destruction of lives and properties. policemen and other civilians died. why singling oyigbo for a nation wide protests that consumed lives and properties? are these armless women who were coming back from their work responsible for the so called oyigbo crimes? NA can only flex muscle with women, only one sound from bokoharam, they will remove their uniforms and runafter their lives.
it's such a babaric and shameful act by the so called armies of giant of Africa. the worst of it is they are the highest carriers of hiv aids. I pity these women

Zooposki:
That area would have become a Weapon of Mass Destruction, perfect to take out rapists.

correct

Kkeelomor:
Can't imagine the stench that will be coming out of their body now

lol but nature is stronger and beside nobody.... during the period of detention

Inhumane treatment of people breeds revolt

blizard44:
I Can't even think of it.

better not to think of it but still better than some ladies that are already xpam..depot

After their gov will commit all these sort of atrocities. He will later shift the blame to akwa ibom state.

Omo see setting

NaijirianKing:
So this is justification to arrest innocent women and molest them?

Be careful what you justify as you will receive your portion before the end of this week. IJN.

Iseeeeeeeeeeeee

Useless army