A staff member of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has raised allegations of being subjected to brutal treatment by soldiers from the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment in Akure, Ondo State, while enforcing a lockdown directive issued by the state government.   An engineer, who recounted the incident on Ondo Road where both the NTA and the Barracks are situated, claimed that his efforts to explain that he was heading home from work were ignored by the soldiers, even after presenting his ID card.   Mr. Jide Bello indicated his intention to take legal action against the Nigerian Army and the Ondo State government over the alleged harassment, following a 14-day self-isolation period.   He expressed his ordeal in the following statement;   My unfortunate experience tonight in...

According to reports, a staff member of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) has claimed to have been subjected to brutality by soldiers of the 32 Artillery Brigade, Owena Cantonment in Akure, Ondo State while enforcing a lockdown order issued by the state government. It was stated that the incident took place at Ondo Road where the NTA office and the Barracks are situated. The engineer, who was trying to make his way home from the office, asserted that his pleas and the presentation of his ID card were disregarded by the soldiers. Mr Jide Bello, expressing his intention to take legal action against the Nigerian Army and the Ondo State government for the alleged harassment, emphasized that he would subject himself to a 14-day isolation perio...