Jan 4, 2024

Soldier criticises Sanwo-Olu, supports soldiers’ privilege to drive on wrong lane


 

 By Jide Fashola

A soldier has criticised the Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for arresting his colleague and three other motorcyclists for going on the wrong lane on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. The soldier, whose identity is unknown, defended his colleague in a viral video on Thursday, and blamed Sanwo-Olu for insulting a soldier as ‘useless’ in front of ‘rude civilians’.

Ishieldpoint found out on Tuesday that, Sanwo-Olu ordered the arrest of a soldier and three other motorcyclists for violating traffic rules on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway. In a viral video, Sanwo-Olu was seen telling his men to put one of the motorcyclists who said he was a soldier into the vehicle, saying that he was going to jail him.

The soldier who reacted to the arrest, said the state governor had no authority to arrest a soldier, especially near his barracks. He said that soldiers are not under the command of any state governor but their senior officers. He said, “Did your governor just call a soldier, lance corporal useless? a lance corporal…This man has a broken arm, they shot at the man. He has metal in his hands.

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