How Nigerian soldiers At Kaduna Checkpoint Forcefully Cut Traveller’s Hair

Freezle, a twitter user has narrated how Nigerian soldiers men harassed and maltreated him for keeping long hair at a check point in Kurmi Idon, Kaduna State.

Freezle said he and his pals were on their way to Jos from Kaduna when soldiers stopped them and forced them to take off their headgear.

The troops ordered him to trim his hair at a neighboring salon because he had long hair.

DO WE STILL HAVE RIGHTS IN NIGERIA?

I have always been a patriotic nigerian in speech and in action. But today I experienced the most embarrassing and humiliating thing in my life. I have heard this happen to people but it became real to me today.

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— Travel & Tourism Promoter 🇳🇬 (@freezle_) February 17, 2022

When he refused, one of the soldiers asked another to use a pair of scissors to chop his hair. One of the soldiers attempted to shoot him when he resisted.

“I was really pained, not just because of my hair, but because of how hopeless I was and what our Nigerian military has become,” said Freezle.

“The military guy who tried to shoot at me kept calling me names and even said my parents must be useless to allow me to move around with my hairstyle.

“At the time, I’d thought of a million and one things to do, but I didn’t take any action because I wasn’t sure of my life. I have been lamenting all through the journey to Jos.

“This made me have a rethink of staying in Nigeria. Because it’s clear that you can lose your life if you don’t adhere to someone’s personal philosophy and religious beliefs because he has a gun and camouflage on him.

“Right now I’m shocked, demoralized and hopeless about Nigeria. Human rights in Nigeria is a failed course.”