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".
A call through to Bunmi Adeyera who confirmed the incident.
Read excerpts below:
"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.
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 Corp 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 Corp 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 Corp 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.
--naij
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