Soldier shaves off Pastor s Hair

A soldier attached to the 3 Battalion, in Effunrun area of Delta State, is facing disciplinary action for allegedly Assaulting the General Overseer of Tower of Faith Ministry, Felix Omas, and shaving off his hair.
On Monday, September 22, the soldier who was stationed at a check point on Alegbor Road, Effurun had stopped the tricycle (keke) which was conveying the clergy man to his destination, The Nation reports.
According to Pastor Omas, when the tricycle was stopped at the checkpoint, the soldier asked him to come down and ordered him to sit on the bare floor. He then got scissors which he used in shaving off the pastor's hair.
Omas said: "I was driving in my SUV, but due to the traffic situation, I boarded a tricycle. The soldiers stopped our tricycle as we were coming from Alegbor, forcibly seated me on the ground as one of them pulled a scissors and stroke three ugly cuts on my hair, saying my hair style violates their rules."

The pastor explained that he had no choice but to obey, as his molester had a gun which he threatened to use.
The National Coordinator, Centre for the Vulnerable and the Under Privileged, Oghenejabor Ikimi, who has threatened to sue the army for the action of one its men, described the soldiers act as "inhuman and degrading treatment."

"I will take the Army to court to enforce the Pastor's human rights. This will serve as deterrent to other gun trotting uniform personnel who sees civilians as non-humans. No security can be done without consideration for human rights," he said.
It was however gathered that the accused soldier has since been arrested, detained and would be charged for improper conduct.

Source: naij