From Ladun
Liadi
The actress had an encounter with some men in man-o-war uniform
few days ago in Abuja, and you
just don't want to read her story. Lawless country where men in
uniform are allowed to misbehave.
“On my way from the ambassador for peace beauty pageant held at
the Sheraton Hotels, I decided
to check on my brother at the end of my street. I parked my car in
front of Dreams Garden at the
end of my street behind one bus, and was going in to see Ugo (my
brother) when a man dressed
in a man-o-war uniform appeared from nowhere and shoved me on my
breasts, commanding that I
get into the bus I parked behind.
“I reprimanded him for touching my breasts but instead of
apologizing, he continued to pushing
me by my breasts towards the bus, so when I couldn’t bear it
anymore I pushed him too and
started running away.
“Three men wearing man-o-war uniform and a head warmer, no name
tags, and two plain clothes policemen ran after me. When they caught me they
descended on me, beating me mercilessly
despite the fact that I was screaming who I was.
“A girl who was waiting for me in my car, after waiting for a
while and didn’t see me, came down
to go and look for me at my brother’s place. She was horrified to
see all those uniformed men
assaulting me and trying to force me into the bus.
“She started pleading with them, telling them who I am and even
showing them my car keys,
but all to no avail. She started screaming when she thought they
were going to kill me and
that attracted people’s attention.
“When crowd gathered and people started recognizing me, there
started coming to my rescue
and there was almost a mob attack. A soldier out of fear cocked
his gun and said he’ll shoot me
if I don’t enter the bus.
“What hurts most is that I’ve been fighting against violence
against women, and now I’m a first
victim of it. I have over 70 cases of abused women on Abuja
streets.
“The team that assaulted me tried to escape. I chased them down to
area 10. Ugo found me
there and another soldier cocked a gun, pointed at his tummy and
threatened to shoot.
A female soldier cocked her gun and pointed at Justina, the girl
in my car, who was supposed to
be on my show (ability talk, earlier in the day on love 104.5fm).
Apparently the female soldier
wanted to shoot Justina for having piercings on her face, because
she said Justina was not a
true Nigerian by that.
“Women have been randomly abducted and forced to confess to
prostitutions by AEPB in
conjunction with the questionable NGO, Society Against
Prostitution and Child Labour.
“I have over 70 cases against them and now I’m a victim. Women are
not safe in Abuja.
“The Military should be put to better use. It’s high time they pay
for the damages they have
been causing. I am so traumatized. Having cocked guns pointed at
us is a mental image
that tortures me.
“Government needs to hear us out, get facts and figures and stop
the abuse against women.
I wish the national assembly will permit me make a full
presentation on the degree of this
violence against women in Abuja and act immediately on it.
“I have rape victims, bullet injury victims, people beaten out of
their jeeps at gunpoint
whose names were published as prostitutes in national dailies,
abused youth coppers…
all sorts of traumatized victims. These people need rehabilitation
at difference levels urgently.”
Well, we hope the people in Government are reading this, because
the worst kinds of
violence are those against women and children.
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