Army Corporal Arrested For Brutalizing Police Traffic Warden In Ibadan

The Nigerian Army has confirmed the arrest of a serving Lance Corporal who was involved in the assault of a police traffic warden in Ibadan on Monday.

In a video that has gone viral, the Lance Corporal and one of his other colleagues can be seen assaulting the traffic warden at Adeoye Road by Ring Road, Ibadan in Oyo state on Friday, January 7.

The arrest was confirmed by Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu in a statement released on Tuesday.

According to the statement, an investigation is ongoing to unravel the other soldiers involved in the barbaric act.

“One soldier arrested as the investigation is ongoing to identify and arrest all culprits in the unfortunate assault on traffic wardens in Ibadan.”

“Following the viral video of an assault on two traffic wardens by men on military uniform suspected to be soldiers, the headquarters Nigerian Army ordered an immediate investigation to identify and arrest the culprits.

Preliminary investigation has shown that the unfortunate incident took place on Friday, January 7, 2022, at Adeoye Road by Ring Road, Ibadan.

The investigation is also already yielding results as one of the assailants, a Lance Corporal of the Nigerian Army has been taken into custody. Efforts are being made in collaboration with the Oyo State Command of the Nigerian Police Force to identify, locate and arrest the remaining culprits.

Even as the investigation is still ongoing, the Nigerian Army wishes to dissociate itself from the very reprehensible conduct of the individuals seen in that video.

The vicious attack on fellow security personnel or any unarmed citizens in the manner seen in the video is not consistent with the ethos and professionalism of the Nigerian Army and therefore stands condemned in very strong terms. “

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