Soldier blasts Sanwo-Olu, defends soldiers’ right to drive against traffic

Soldier blasts Sanwo-Olu, defends soldiers’ right to drive against traffic

 A soldier has slammed the Lagos State Governor, Babajide
Sanwo-Olu, for ordering the arrest of his colleague alongside three other
motorcyclists for driving against traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

 

The yet-to-be-identified soldier, who appeared to be
defending his colleague in a viral video on Thursday, faulted Sanwo-Olu for
calling a soldier ‘useless’ in the presence of ‘bastard civilians’.

 

Recall that Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, ordered
the arrest of a soldier and three other motorcyclists for driving against
traffic on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.

 

In a viral video, Sanwo-Olu was seen ordering his men to put
one of the motorcyclists who claimed to be a soldier into the vehicle, stating
that he was going to lock him up.

 

Reacting to the arrest, the soldier who believed that his
colleague had done nothing to have deserved an arrest, said the state governor
had no right to arrest a soldier, especially in front of his barracks.

 

He claimed that soldiers are not under the control of any
state governor but their senior officers.

 

He said, “Did I just hear your governor calling a soldier,
lance corporal useless? a lance corporal…This man broke his arm, they fired at
the man. There is iron in his hands.

 

“You are calling a soldier useless in front of those idiots,
those bastard civilians. DSS was pushing a soldier. In any situation where you
find yourself as a soldier, the Army only gives you five seconds to compose
yourself, so after that, you must know how to reply to any attack or anything
that comes your way.

 

 “Because he is a
governor, I know he (arrested soldier) was shocked that the governor was
arresting him. I know I am not perfect and I am not saying I am but in any
situation I find myself, especially beside your barracks, nobody can arrest
you. I repeat, nobody can arrest you because you have to stand your grand and
nobody will slap you there.

 

“No DSS or police can slap you because you refuse to go. Why
will you arrest me when there are IP and military police?

 

“Okay, will it be because I took one way beside my barracks?
What if I just took the bike out to buy something? Do I have to take the long
route because I want to buy something? Who does that? In which Amy?”

 

He added that the governor’s action was because Lagos was
peaceful, saying that could never have happened in the North East where he is
based.

 

He said, “So, now, your governor has the guts to arrest and
even call a soldier useless. To be sincere, Lagos has been experiencing too
much peace. Let’s tell the truth, Lagos has been experiencing too much peace.
Let us assume this happened in the North East where I am, is it here the
governor’s convoy that is taking one way will arrest a soldier for taking one
way?

 

“The governor constituted a nuisance. You are there pursuing
civilians, what if they get involved in an accident along the line? The
governor was there acting like a tout, a governor! When you are supposed to
respect yourself. If the soldier said he is not going anywhere, nobody has the
power to slap him. If the governor tries it, he knows he is already a bygone.
The governor dare not slap a soldier.

 

“If I am directed by the MP, any of my senior, or any other
officer to go to the guard room, I will go. But of the governor says so, I will
never go. He doesn’t have the power. Who does he want to lock up?”

 

The Senior Special
Assistant on Media to the Governor, Wale Ajetunmobi, revealed in videos shared
on his X handle on Tuesday that lawless okada riders plying one way along the
Lagos-Badagry Expressway left their motorcycles and passengers upon sighting
the convoy of Sanwo-Olu.

Source: Soldier blasts Sanwo-Olu, defends soldiers’ right to drive against traffic

 - NigerianEye
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