Ruth Ogunleye : Nigerian Army Promises To Investigate Allegations Involving 2 Colonels, 1 Brig General
The Nigerian Army has promised an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse leveled against two colonels and one Brigadier General by a female personnel ,Ruth Ogunleye.
Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Nwachukwu Onyema said this investigation will ascertain the extent of her claims.
Onyema however said Ruth failed to seek redress through the laid-down procedure which was according to him wrong.
‘The Nigerian Army has been inundated with audiovisuals making the rounds on social media of the unprofessional conduct of a female soldier in mufti who claimed to have been maltreated by some senior officers.
It is instructive to state that, considering the gravity of the allegations, NA, as a disciplined force, will conduct a thorough investigation into the matter.
We assure the general public that the NA as an institution is committed to upholding the integrity and morals of its personnel and as such, appropriate actions will be taken based on the findings of the investigation.
We urge the public to allow the investigative process to take its course and refrain from making hasty judgments. The NA remains dedicated to serving our nation with honour and integrity’ he said.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Ruth Ogunleye, had taken to TikTok to raise serious allegations against her superiors; Col. I.B Abdulkareem, Col. G.S Ogor, and Brig. Gen. I.B Solebo, accusing them of making her life miserable.
Ogunleye, known as @Ogunleyeruthsavage1 on TikTok, claimed that Abdulkareem had made repeated attempts to assault her, administered injections against her will, forcibly removed her from her residence, and made her stay in a psychiatric hospital for several months.
‘In 2022, I was posted to Cantonment Medical Centre, Ojo, where I met Col I.B Abdulkareem who requested sex from me and I refused. Ever since then, this man has been my nightmare in the Army, threatening to dismiss me each time.
He comes to my room to inject me in my apartment. Send some boys to my house. If I’m lying I have all evidence. I have evidence against him and I have witnesses.
He also stigmatized me that I have mental illness. Each time I try to expose him or each time any senior person or any senior officer tries to intervene, he will tell them I have a mental illness.
He [frozen] my account for one year. February last year till date, no salary.
Anytime he feels like he wants to embarrass me, he asks some soldiers to beat me. After beating me up, they will inject me. He will ask one Funke Ayeni, she is a female soldier, and he will ask her to set me up. She will set me up, inject me and they will go and throw me somewhere. At the end of the day, this Brig. Gen. I.B Solebo and some of those senior colonels, they will come to that place, they will be videoing me’ she alleged.
Ogunleye , who urged Nigerians to come to her rescue, claimed that her father had tried to intervene and talk to Col. I.B Abdulkareem to allow her have some peace.
Ruth claimed that the officer however told her father to relay a message to her to ‘Obey the last command’ adding that the ‘last order’ is for the colonel to ‘sleep with me’-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
