Unsatisfied, one rating ordered him out of the vehicle, sought permission from their commander, and proceeded to beat the priest with a combination of slaps, punches, and sticks, targeting his head and midriff, until his clerical collar and clothes were soaked in blood. Today, members of the Armed Forces behave less like defenders of the people and more like an occupying army contemptuous of the civilians they are paid to protect. The day after the Anambra abomination, on December 1, soldiers and police officers traded punches in Jos, Plateau State, because a police officer stopped soldiers from abducting a roadside phone repairer whose only crime was failing to fix a soldier’s handset to satisfaction.
Author: Punch Newspapers
Published at: 2025-12-06 23:50:11
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