Alexx Ekubo condemns soldiers’ torture of disabled man in Onitsha

Nollywood actor and model, Alexx Ekubo, on Wednesday, condemned the two soldiers who were captured on video brutalising a physically challenged man in Onitsha for allegedly wearing an army camouflage.

A clip which has gone viral on social media shows the two soldiers dragging the crippled man on the ground while brutally flogging him.

They equally took the crippled man’s wheelchair, threw it away and then descended on him while passersby looked on helplessly.

This prompted the 31-year-old actor to join his voice with several others who condemned the men in uniform.

According to him, the act represents “gross misuse of power and arrant broad daylight disregard for civilians by the military”.

He wondered what wearing of camouflage had to do with the economic recession and other woes in the country.

My Open Letter to The Nigerian Army No!!! Nooo!!! Noooooo!!!!! Noooooooo!!!!! This has got to STOP, this gross misuse of power & arrant broad daylight disregard for civilians by the military, pls remind me is this Democracy or a Military Regime??? For Heaven sake THE MAN IS HANDICAPPED !! I don’t even want to know what he did or didn’t do, reports are saying its because ” he wore Camouflage” REALLY??? Is that reason enough for this inhumane act, Is that the reason why dollar is hell bent on attaining 1000 Naira to a dollar before my birthday in April?? , is that the reason why diesel is 270N in a Petroleum Exporting Country?? its only in Nigeria that someone’s house will be burning, & the house owner will be busy spraying insecticide in the Other Room to kill mosquitoes & cockroaches, as if when the house is burnt, both owner, pet & pests will not go down… with all that is happening in the country right now, this should be the least of the Armies worry. Pls pls pls, CHIEF OF ARMY STAFF, CHIEF OF DEFENSE, pls talk to your officers, if you pple want us to leave the country so it can be a country of military personnel just let us know… with great power comes great responsibility, i can’t keep calm anymore, Injustice any where is a THREAT to justice EVERYWHERE!!! That poor man is someones Relative.. TO WHOM BRAIN IS GIVEN, SENSE IS EXPECTED…. ??? (Pls if you know this man, pls contact me, let me give him CLOTHES, as they don’t want to see him in their Uniform) ????

A video posted by Alexx Ekubo (@alexxekubo) on Feb 8, 2017 at 8:37am PST

The army on Wednesday announced that the two soldiers have been arrested and charged for assault by their commanding officer.

It, however, enjoined the general public to regard the incident as an isolated case which does not reflect the true image of the Nigerian Army.