By Pathfinder Reporter
Saturday, January 13, 2024
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A Nigerian female soldier serving in Lagos, named Ruth Ogunleye, has alleged that some superior officers have made life unbearable for her because she rejected several sexual advances made to her by the officers.
Ogunleye, known as @Ogunleyeruthsavage1 on TikTok, recently shared her distressing experience on the platform pointing accusing fingers at some superior officers whom she identified as Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS Ogor, and Brig. Gen. IB Solebo who had been oppressing her since she was posted to Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo, Lagos in 2022
According to her, she has been locked up several times for no reason, ejected from her apartment, and locked up in a psychiatric hospital for a month without any medication with a claim that she has a mental illness, and her account has frozen since February 2023 without salary for no reason.
She further alleged that Col. Abdulkareem had made some attempts to rape her but when he was found out, he claimed that she had mental illness, adding that she had made several efforts including writing a petition and getting some senior and junior officers to intervene but to no avail.
She also said that Col. Abdulkareem had denied her access to every army course, passes and to see her parents and that when her father contacted Col. Abdulkareem over her issues, he (Abdulkareem) told her father to ask her to obey the last order.
She said, “I know come for me. They will lock me up and they will dismiss me but I don’t care. I can’t endure it again. Before coming out to make this video, I can’t couldn’t again. it I don’t want to die young.
“If anything should happen to me, please hold Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS Ogor and Brig. Gen. IB Solebo is responsible because they don’t want me to grow. They don’t want my progress.
“In 2022, I was posted to Cantonment Medical Center, Ojor where I met Col. IB Abdulkareem, who requested for me and I refused. Ever since then, this man has been my nightmare in the army – threatening to dismiss me each time he sees me.
“He ejected me from my room, sent soand me boys to my house. I have all the evidence and I have witnessed them to my house to eject me.
“Each time I try to expose him or each time any senior officer tries to intervene, he also stigmatizes me, that I have a mental illness. He would always tell them that I had mental a illness.
“He wrote to DOA three times to board me out of the army. He froze my account for one year. He froze my account since February last year (2023) till dating salary.
“I have cried to some senior officers. I wrote a petition using Section 179 of the Armed Forces Act. I have seen so many officers, senior officers, junior and officers too intense but none of them is giving me a listening ear. Any time anyone tries to intervene, he will tell them that I have mental illness.
“There was a day he locked me, he almost raped me and when they caught him, he said I have mental illness and he took me to a psychiatric hospital and locked me up there for one month without any medication.
“He has denied me access to military courses, meanwhile, they know very well that my progression in the army is determined by my course attendance. Now course, I have been given admission to a medical school but he refused to release me.
“There was a day I called my dad and my dad intervened but he told my dad to tell me to obey the last order. What is the last order? For him to sleep with me?
“He has denied me everything. I can’t even go on passes to see my parents. No pass, no leave for me. But please and please, if anything should happen to me, hold them responsible, especially Col. IB Abdulkareem, Col. GS Ogor, and Br,ig. Gen. IB Solebo. They are my nightmare in the Army.
“They have done everything to tarnish my image because they are all course coursemates’t know what I have done to them. Till today I haven’t collected my salary. my, I can’t endure this again. Let the worst happen.”
The army in a release by Major-General Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director of Army Public Relations, on Friday, said the female soldier had yet to inform relevant bodies and institutions of about her predicament before, easing a video.
The Army further stated, “We assure the general public that the Nigerian Army as an institution is committed to upholding the integrity and morals of its personnel, and as such appropriate actions will be taken based on the findings of the investigation.
“We urge the public to allow the investigative process to take its course and refrain from making hasty judgments. The NA remains dedicated to serving our nation with honor and integrity.
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