How NYSC Corp member was almost tortured to death in Nasarawa Camp
Report not written by me. It was sent to me to share. Read
below...
One of the Batch A Corp members currently in Nasarawa
state Orientation Camp yesterday almost lost his life at
the camp due to extreme torture by security operatives.
The Corp Member Bunmi Adeyera (pictured above) with
the State Code: NS/15A/0134 and Call-up no: NYSC/
NIJ/2015/061287 who is said to be sick was today
locked-up in the guard room for hours until he collapsed
and became unconscious in the Guard room.
An eyewitness who pleaded anonymity has full details. Read
excerpts below:
"To all my fellow NYSC corp members around Nigeria,
today, I witnessed how one of my colleagues, Adeyera
Oubunmi (State code: NS/15A/0134)(Call-up no.: NYSC/
NIJ/2015/061287) almost died due to maltreatment in
Nasarawa state NYSC camp by security officials.
What happened this morning was that Bunmi Adeyera
who is also Platoon 4 leader and was obviously sick went
to the Camp clinic to collect some drugs to combat his
ailment and was approaching the camp market to get
food (since food was no longer available in the camp
kitchen) in order to use his drugs when he was stopped
by security operatives (Nigerian Police force and Man'O
War) and was asked to go back into the camp hall for
lectures. He tried explaining to them that he was sick and
needed to take his drugs but they did not listen to him,
rather he was told to start 'frog-jumping'. Bunmi quietly
explained to them that he might not be able to 'frog-
jump' because of his health status.
The next thing I saw was that the security operatives
(who were obviously Hausas, because they
communicated fluently in Hausa language) told asked
him if he was Hausa or Yoruba. When he told them he
was Yoruba and he hails Lagos state, they seized his
NYSC identification tag and marched him straight to the
'Guard room' allegations of 'being stubborn' without give
him any chance of speaking in his own defense.
This place called Guard room is a bathroom located at
the entrance gate of the Nasarawa Camp where soldiers
urinate at all time and with no cross-ventilation.
We all watched them take the poor sick Corp member to
the Guard Room, and was detained there going to three
hours. The next thing I saw was people from the camp
medical unit running towards the gate with stretcher in
their hands. Behold Bunmi had collapsed and fainted in
the so-called guard room.
Even while the Red Cross team was trying to rescue the
situation, the soldiers sent them back saying that all was
pretence and that when he wakes up, he will return to the
guard room.
The doctors battled for his life for about an hour before
Bunmi Adeyera became conscious again and was later
stabilized.
Every Corp member on Camp including NYSC officials
know Bunmi to be easy-going, obedient and friend to all
which is more reason he emerged the leader of Platoon
4.
The population of those who went to the clinic to check
on him is one that I have never seen on camp although
they wouldn't allow us take pictures of this ugly
incidence.
But my question is this why is it that we Corp members
who have in good faith and humility come to serve our
father land are being maltreated even to the extent of
someone fainting. This should not continue."
Bunmi Adeyera is a graduate of Nigerian Institute of Journalism,
Lagos. All attempts to reach the Nasarawa state co-ordinator,
Mrs. C.I Uba, proved abortive.
Created at 2015-05-14 05:59:34
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