Majidun Youths Protest Human Rights Violation by Nigerian Navy

There was pandemonium 11am today at Majidun area of Ikorodu as some angry youths in the neighborhood protested the violation of human rights by Navy officers deployed in the area some months ago.
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The Navy officers were deployed to Majidun towards the end of last year, following intelligence reports that Majidun had become a den of pipeline vandals. The military men had since remained in Majidun, barricading the famous Chief Omoyele Street, which is off Lagos Road, and disrupting business and social activities in the area.
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The placard carrying youths today said they wanted the military men to be redeployed from Majidun following disturbing cases of human rights abuses by the military men. The protesting youths also accused the military men of raping innocent teenage girls at night, beating up passersby in broad day light, having sex with married women and mindless intimidation of traders.
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"Baba Alia was asked to swim in the gutters last week because his wife told them (the military men) that Baba Alia didn't drop money for food before going to work" one of the protesters who doesn't want to have her name in print said. Another protester who simply indentified himself as Dare said, "Make dem go, make dem go. Na thunder go fire them. Dem dey rape our girls. Dem no get sense. No be wetin their oga send them come do be this."
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The protests started peacefully but became violent when men of the Nigerian Navy started to shoot sporadically into the air, to disband the teeming protesters. Men of the Nigerian police force too have arrived in their Hilux vehicles to restore peace in the area. Unknown number of persons were reportedly injured as at press time.
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A resident of Majidun popularly known as Story wrote on Facebook, "Navy is useless in our community". Bolaji added, " Our freedom of expression and movement have been violated, shameless Navy". The residents of Majidun had, before today, cried out severally to the Naval command to caution its officers deployed to Majidun but without much attention. One can only believe that their voices will be heard after today's protests.

Green, an eye witness, anonymously writes from Majidun, Ikorodu.

Sorry oh

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Must these military people oppress eveywhere they go? As long as they are curbing the activities of the vandals, they should remain there.