A soldier in the Nigerian Army, Nwuzor Elias has been brutalized for resisting attempts by louts posing as members of Ebonyi State Taskforce to extort him at Abakaliki International market.
It was gathered that the soldier who was in mufty, incurred the wrath of the louts after refusing to pay the sum of N5000 demanded from him by the louts at market Lot 2, on Wednesday morning.
He alleged that his plea before the enforcers to mercy to pardon him from paying the sum of money, which they insisted is met for “loading and offloading”, fell on deaf ears.
TheNewspad reports that the injured soldier quietly left the scene after sensing danger, but unknown to them that the wounded soldier has gone to Army Barracks and reported the incident.
Moment later, a group of soldiers stormed the market area and began to hunt the hoodlums.
One for the hoodlums was eventually arrested by the vengeful soldiers who took him into a waiting van, while helpless traders watched with anxiety.
The injured soldier Elias told Igere (online) Television that before going to the Hospital, I went to the Barack and I reported my case.
Narrating his ordeal, Elias said, “Ticket people just attacked me at International market because I refused to give them 5,000 Naira, which they claimed it is for loading and offloading.”
“I told them that I’m not carrying anything and I’m not coming to carry anything that I’m only here to buy something and secondly I identified myself as a soldier to them”.
“They said nothing concerned with a soldier that I should go to Port Harcourt and continue with my soldier work.
“They wanted to arrest all of them but they have ran away because they heard about their coming including their Chief Security officer”, he enthused.
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