The Defence Headquarters has promised to take disciplinary action against a female military officer, Lt. Chika Viola Anele, caught on camera bathing a member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia, with drainage water in Cross River State.
Journalist, Agba Jalingo, shared the video of the incident which happened at the 13 Brigade headquarters in Calabar.
In the video, the officer is seen pouring an unknown white substance on the kneeling Corps member after which she hit her with the bowl.
“JusticeForIfenyinwa. This is what a commissioned female Army officer, Lt. Chika Viola Anele, did to a youth corp member, Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia, serving at the 13 Brigade headquarters in Calabar after having an argument. We understand that the leadership in 13 Brigade are working to kill the matter. Let us make the officer very popular for all the wrong reasons. Share the video until it gets to the Chief of Army Staff and that Chika girl is brought to book.”
The Nigerian Army Corps of Military Police (NACMP) has confirmed the arrest of Lieutenant Anele after the trending “#JusticeForIfenyinwa got viral.
“The Army Officer, Lt. Chika Viola Anele, who was caught on video dehumanising and humiliating a Youth Corper, Ezeiruaku Ifenyinwa Fidelia in Calabar earlier, has just been arrested by the MP, after our report and under interrogation. #JusticeForIfenyinwa,” Jalingo said.
“We understand that the leadership in 13 Brigade are working to kill the matter. Let us make the officer very popular for all the wrong reasons. Share the video until it gets to the Chief of Army Staff and that Chika girl is brought to book.”