In an interview with Punch, Ruth Ogunleye, a former soldier, described her terrifying experience of being the victim of an alleged sexual assault by a Colonel at the Nigerian Army Cantonment Medical Centre in Ojo, Lagos.…..For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶...CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
She gave an account of the alleged sexual assault that occurred against her by her superior during her time in the Nigerian Army. She claimed that the Colonel had called her on February 27, 2022, asked her to meet him at a hotel, and made a N50,000 sexual proposition.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!She claimed that when she refused, her supervisor turned resentful and started treating her badly, giving her unfair punishment and additional responsibilities.
She said that he started injecting her with largactil, a drug used to sedate mentally ill patients.
She was asked if she was conscious when the Colonel was giving her the injection; she replied, “Yes, but I had no choice. He would either point a gun at me or have soldiers pin me down before injecting me. Sometimes, he would personally handcuff me.”
“He would also instruct the doctors in our unit to administer the drug. After being injected, I would be unconscious for days, completely unable to function.”
“After sexually assaulting me, he would put me in a body bag and order that I be dumped at a psychiatric hospital. This happened several times. He didn’t allow me to attend any military courses.”
“He denied me access to school. He didn’t allow me to visit my parents even during festive periods. I didn’t benefit from anything.”
“Sometimes, he would instruct soldiers to come to my house and bring me. They would come to my house at midnight and give me the injection. There was a time he kept me in his office for four days.”
“There was a time when the ex-President of the Nigerian Army Officers’ Wives Association, Mrs. Salamatu Yahaya, came to commission a maternity ward at the cantonment where I worked at the time.”
“She came as the wife of the former Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant-General Farouk Yahaya. During that period, I was inside the colonel’s office lying unconscious when she came. He knew very well that the NAOWA president would inspect his office.”
“However, that day, I was still feeling very unconscious after he had sexually molested me.”
“He, then, ordered a National Youth Service Corps member (name withheld), who is a doctor in the unit, to give me a particular injection that neutralized the largactil injection he gave me. When I regained consciousness, I saw myself naked.”…..For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
