Taoreed Lagbaja, the chief of army staff, says the soldier
who was seen in a viral video criticising Babajide Sanwo-Olu, governor of
Lagos, has been arrested.
Lagbaja spoke on Tuesday after the commissioning of an
officers’ mess in Enugu state.
Last Tuesday, Sanwo-Olu ordered the arrest of a soldier
alongside some motorcyclists for riding against traffic.
The governor was on his way to the Ojo campus of the Lagos
State University (LASU), for the inauguration of the Femi Gbajabiamila
Conference Centre, when the incident occurred.
While being arrested and taken away by security operatives,
one of the offenders claimed to be a soldier.
“I am a soldier Oga sir,” said the motorcyclist.
“That’s the more reason I’m going to lock you up. You are
telling me you are a soldier. That’s even the more reason I’m going to lock you
up,” the governor replied.
THE VIRAL VIDEO
Some days after the incident, an unknown soldier, in a viral video, berated Sanwo-Olu for ordering the arrest of his colleague and calling
him “useless” in front of civilians.
In the video, the soldier said officers are not under the
control of any state governor but take orders from their commandants.
The video elicited reactions on social media as some
Nigerians criticised the soldier for calling out the governor over the arrest
of his colleague.
‘THAT DOES NOT REPRESENT THE NIGERIAN ARMY’
Reacting to the incident, Lagbaja said the action of the
soldier who violated traffic law in Lagos, did not represent the values of the
Nigerian Army.
The army chief also disclosed that the army has arrested the
soldier who was seen in the viral video criticising Sanwo-Olu over the traffic
incident.
“I want to say that the soldier that was apprehended by the
governor of Lagos state while plying on a one-way, does not represent the
Nigerian Army,” Lagbaja said.
“In every respect, he contravened what we stand for, which
is discipline. He also contravened the constitution and the law of Lagos state.
We frowned at that as the army.
“It’s only one soldier who had done that (referring to the
soldier who criticised the governor). The army has investigated, that soldier
has been apprehended and we are investigating.
“For every other
comical acts that you have seen on social media, they are not personnel of the
Nigerian Army. We have investigated that.”
Lagbaja said troops would be educated on the need to uphold
the laws in every community they are deployed to serve.
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