This Is The Story Of How An NYSC Member Almost Lost His Life To Military Torture At Camp

Bunmi Adeyera, a Corps member in Nasarawa
state orientation camp, yesterday almost lost his
life at the camp after being severely maltreated
by security operatives.
According to an eye witness who pleaded
anonymity, “Bunmi is sick and today locked-up in
the guard room for hours until he collapsed and
became unconscious in the Guard room”.
Naij put a call through to Bunmi Adeyera who
confirmed the incident.
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“To all my fellow NYSC corp members around
Nigeria, today, I witnessed how one of my
colleagues, Adeyera Olubunmi (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.
How NYSC Corp Member Almost Lost His Life To
Torture At Camp
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 from
Lagos state, they seized his NYSC identification
tag and marched him straight to the ‘Guard room’
allegations of ‘being stubborn’ without giving 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 Corps
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 Corps 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 Corps
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. All these
security agents should be careful in performing
their duties and should remember that the pen is
powerful than the sword…”
Bunmi Adeyera is a graduate of mass
communication from The Nigerian Institute of
Journalism, Ogba, Lagos state. All attempts to
reach the Nasarawa state co-ordinator, Mrs. C.I
Uba, proved abortive.

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