The Defence Headquarters, on Tuesday, vowed to deal with cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy who were pictured punishing some civilians.
Pictures of the cadets punishing the civilians circulated on social media early on Tuesday.
In a series of tweets, the DHQ said the cadets who appeared in the pictures would be punished, saying that the Nigerian military officials had no right to punish any individual unjustly.
Our attention has been drawn to pictures posted on social media where cadets of NDA were punishing some citizens of the country.This is /1
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 28, 2015
This is against the principle, standard and value of the Nigeria military. The military stands to protect and defend her nation and its /2
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 28, 2015
citizens. We disown this very action and we assure everyone that we will take right action to discipline these disobedient cadets. /3
— DEFENCE HQ NIGERIA (@DefenceInfoNG) July 28, 2015
