Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters,
DHQ, has condemned the conduct of troops caught on video maltreating some
suspected bandits and kidnappers arrested along the Kaduna-Abuja road.
Acting Director Defence
information, Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, in a statement on Wednesday, said the
Chief of Defence Staff has ordered a thorough investigation into the incident
It lamented that the troops in
their over-zealousness, tied one of the suspects to a stake in a desperate
attempt to extract information from him.
“The DHQ wishes to unambiguously
state that the act exhibited by the troops in the video footage is very
unprofessional and an outright violation of the code of conduct handed down to
guide the conduct and behaviour of troops of the AFN during operations.
“The DHQ therefore, in very
strong terms condemn this act of ineptitude and exhibition of lawlessness”, the
statement added.
“The DHQ considers the conduct of
the troops highly regrettable. In order to promptly address the anomaly, the
Chief of Defence Staff has ordered a thorough investigation into the incident
to bring to book all those found culpable in accordance with the military
justice system.
“We seize this opportunity to urge
members of the public to please report any such misdemeanour to security
agencies whenever they are observed,” he said.
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