Lance Corporal Harrison Friday has been arrested by the Nigerian Army for supporting the EndSARS protest of police brutality killing in the country.
In a video, he was supporting EndSARS whilst campaigning against the orders that are given in the camp to soldiers who will be deployed to shot against innocent protestors.
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Addressing his colleagues in the video, the hooded soldier stated, “My advice goes to every fellow soldier; you guys should not be fooled or used, we are the youths. The fight of every civilian is our fight.
“My advice goes to the new people in the system; I’m talking about 19 and 20 NA. For this struggle, they will deploy you. I’m hearing rum ors that they want to deploy some soldiers to scare the protesters
“Remember, if you people are deployed, if you take an unlawful order and you fire a civilian, people you are firing – remember the bullet may go and hit your brother or your sister.
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“Remember that the fighting that these people are fighting is our fight. If Nigeria is okay, nobody will fly out of the country. Soldiers have run away from this job, some to Dubai, seeking greener pastures.
“If every soldier is well paid, every civilian is well paid, nobody will leave the country.”
But the army said Friday had been hiding “behind the mask to commit cybercrimes.”
In a tweet, the Nigerian Army claimed, “The hooded soldier hiding behind the mask to commit cybercrime has been apprehended in the ongoing cyber operation in support of Crocodile Smile VI. Rest assured, cybercriminals have no hiding place.
This has made Nigerians on Twitter to go angry against the Nigerian Army for arresting someone who is demanding the right course for his fellow citizen, condemned Friday’s arrest, noting that he had done nothing wrong.
One Kenneth Okoduwa queried, “Do they actually know the meaning of cybercrime?”
