Navy to investigate alleged brutalisation of civilian

The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday said it would investigate the alleged brutalisation of a civilian by a rating, which went viral on social media.

The Director of Information of the navy, Capt. Suleiman Dahun, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview that the case would be investigated to ascertain its genuineness.

Dahun said it was an offense under the law for a civilian to use a military uniform.

“However, that does not call for brutalisation of an offending civilian,’’ he said.

Dahun also said that there were appropriate sections of the navy that handled such cases, adding that if any officer or rating was found guilty, the navy would use appropriate sections to deal with any officer found wanting.

He, however, assured that the matter would be investigated, while promising the public that the navy would continue to secure the nation’s water ways.

A video, which went viral on the internet, showed a naval rating allegedly brutalising a civilian for wearing Navy uniform around Lekki axis, Lagos State.

The video showed how a man severely punished by the rating for allegedly wearing Navy cap.

The video, published by pulsenigeria247, showed the rating in uniform channeling fast flowing water from a hose on the face of the man, who was forced to stand on his hands.