See how Soldiers harassed a Muslim woman and forcefully removed her veil(Hijab),
According to an eyewitness, identified as Adetutu, the woman was going peacefully when three soldiers stopped her and began to harass her.
The witness noted that it took the intervention of passersby and sympathisers for the Muslim woman to get her veil back.
See the eyewitness encounter,
“I arrived at the Meiran Bus Station to board a bus when I saw three armed military men stop a Muslim woman who was putting on ta black attire and a face veil. One of them confronted her asking why she used the face veil.
“The woman was surprised and helpless. Almost immediately he (one of the soldiers) turned up her face veil to reveal her face.
“The woman who felt ashamed only looked and could do nothing because the soldiers were heavily armed.
“After one of the soldiers revealed her face, another soldier forcefully removed the veil from her saying ‘This thing is not allowed in our country. You can use it in your house but not here’.
Hmmm. Is this the best way to go about this?
Is a ban on hijab the answer needed to end the Insurgency?
Is it not trespassing on the religious freedom in the country?
Is disregard for civilians a part of the democracy we are supposed to live in?
These questions are among several that crossed my mind while I read and wrote this.
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