Woman Subjected To Torture For Crossing Military Barricade In Edo Election ~ OsazuwaAkonedo #Benin #CDS #Christopher #edo #Egbetokun #election #Frank #Gwabin #Igp #Iyaro #Kayode #Mba #military #Musa #Oredo #Police #soldiers #Woman https://osazuwaakonedo.news/woman-subjected-to-torture-for-crossing-military-barricade-in-edo-election/21/09/2024/ #Breaking News Published: September 21st, 2024 Reshared: September 21, 2024 12:25 pm Residents in Benin City, the Edo State Capital have reported a case of a
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00:00Residents in Benin City, the Edo State capital have reported a case of a woman being subjected
00:06to torture allegedly by men of the Armed Forces of Nigeria, AFN this Saturday Edo State Governorship
00:13election. Photographs posted online by residents could be seen that the woman was allegedly forced
00:19to kneel down straight with two of her hands up at the center of the road. A soldier was seen close
00:25to the woman with horse whip and the soldier appeared moving around shouting on others
00:30across the road for a reason not stated. It was gathered that the incident occurred around Iyaro
00:36area of Benin City, close to the Edo State Ministry of Education office in Oredo local
00:42government area of the state. According to a resident, the woman was subjected to the torture
00:48simply because she crossed military barricade to a place where election is to be held. The reason
00:55for the woman's action could not be as certain as at the time of filling this report. Military
01:01officer ordered one woman to kneel down and raise up her hands sake of saying she crossed barricade
01:06to area where voting could take place without voter card, one of the Edo residents stated in a post.
01:13It would be recalled that the inspector general of police, Kayode Ebitokun on Friday ordered the
01:19closure of all air, land, waterways and restriction of movements during this Saturday Edo governorship
01:25election from 6 am till 6 pm. There are multiple media reports that there are heavy security
01:32presence in Edo State especially at the state capital, Benin City. The media reports indicated
01:39that security operatives started mounting roadblocks as early as 6 am as directed by the
01:45inspector general of police, INGP Kayode Ebitokun. The Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, General
01:53Christopher Gwamin Musa had told soldiers deployed for providing security in the Edo election that
01:58the world is watching with big interest in Edo election and the military as the last hope of
02:04the nation must not fail the nation hence no soldier should be seen in act capable of bringing
02:09bad name to the armed forces of Nigeria. General Musa stated this on Wednesday at 4 Brigade
02:16Headquarters in Benin City when he visited Edo State to address troops of the armed forces of
02:21Nigeria to be above board during the election. Meanwhile the police says that only those
02:27accredited to move around will be allowed to do so. Ahead of the Edo State governorship election,
02:34the Nigerian police force advised voters to return home after casting their ballots.
02:40Deputy Inspector General of Police, Frank Nba, who was a guest on the special edition of Channel
02:47Television's Politics Today on Friday for the Edo election, said that only those accredited
02:53to move around will be allowed to do so. Tomorrow, Saturday 21, 2024, it is important for parents and
03:02for everybody to know that if you are not accredited to carry out any of the functions
03:07related to the election, you should not be out on the street. Just come, go out there, perform
03:14your civic duties, cast your vote and return to your home, Dink Nba said. In terms of preparation
03:21for the election on the part of the police, Dink Nba said that the police has put everything in
03:27place for a smooth election in Edo State today.