Actor/Politician,
Bankole Wellington aka BankyW, has called out the Nigerian Army on
Twitter after a photo of three men reportedly being harassed for keeping
Afros in Enugu state surfaced online.Recall that on Monday December
17th, Twitter user, @eketiette shared a post stating that three boys
were harrased at a checkpoint in Enugu for carrying Afros and were asked
to shave each other's hair. See tweet below.
Reacting
to the story on Wednesday morning, Banky who is contesting for the
Lagos Eti Osa Federal Constituency seat in the House of Representatives
in the 2019 general election, took to his Twitter handle to demand an
explanation from the Army. ''@HQNigerianArmy please will you respond to
this??? The military is supposed to serve and protect the people. Not
harass, humiliate and torture them. Pls respond. The Nigerian Army has
however not responded.
