Nigerian Soldier Who Exposed Wounded Troops' Plight Freed From Illegal Detention After SaharaReporters Report, Dismissed From Army

Lance Corporal Shaibu Muhammed, a Nigerian worker who was secretly detained by subject authorities for speaking retired against the government's neglect of wounded soldiers, has been released pursuing SaharaReporters’ report.

Muhammed had publically criticised the military’s nonaccomplishment to supply capable aesculapian attraction for injured personnel, revealing that galore were forced to wage for their ain treatment. 

SaharaReporters has learnt that the worker has been summarily dismissed from the Nigerian Army for openly advocating for liable enactment wrong the military.

Confirming his release, Nigerian quality rights activistic Omoyele Sowore announced it connected his X relationship connected Wednesday.

According to Sowore, Muhammed was arrested successful February 2025 and detained for respective days, with a 2nd apprehension occurring connected March 14, 2025.

The quality rights activistic explained that Muhammed's merchandise was owed to the publicity generated by advocacy efforts. He added that Muhammed has pledged to proceed warring for justice.

Sowore stated, "It is heartening to enactment that Soldierman Lance Corporal Shaibu Muhammed has been released from subject detention, though helium was summarily dismissed from the Nigerian Army @HQNigerianArmy for openly advocating for liable enactment wrong the military. 

“He was initially arrested successful February 2025 and detained for respective days, with a 2nd apprehension occurring connected March 14, 2025, from which helium has present been released, apt owed to the publicity generated by our advocacy efforts. He has pledged to continue."  

SaharaReporters antecedently reported that the Nigerian worker had been missing, and determination were fears that the subject authorities had secretly detained him aft speaking retired astir the government's neglect of wounded soldiers forced to wage for their ain aesculapian treatment. 

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The worker had posted aggregate videos criticising the Nigerian Army’s attraction of lower-ranked personnel, peculiarly those injured successful combat.

The worker lamented that contempt sacrificing their lives to support the nation, wounded troops are near without authorities enactment for their aesculapian expenses.

He had claimed that galore injured soldiers astatine subject hospitals, including 44 Hospital successful Kaduna and 7 Division successful Borno State, had been struggling for years, covering their ain attraction costs.

His apprehension followed his outspoken comments regarding the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), whom helium accused of lone speaking retired against alleged Western sponsorship of Boko Haram aft being denied a visa to Canada. 

He added that the contented mightiness ne'er person been raised publically if the visa had been granted.

The worker expressed vexation successful his videos, and adjacent chap troops criticised him for exposing the situation. He warned that those ignoring the plight of wounded soldiers contiguous mightiness find themselves successful the aforesaid concern successful the future.

He besides questioned the military's deficiency of plans for retiring officers and accused elder officials of indifference toward injured personnel.

Acknowledging the likelihood of his arrest, helium declared helium was unafraid of dismissal oregon adjacent death, stating that helium would alternatively beryllium expelled from the subject than endure an wounded and beryllium near to fend for himself.

He cited past instances wherever subject whistleblowers, specified arsenic Seaman Abbas, were allegedly silenced for speaking out.

He said, "I already cognize that I'm going, so, Chief of Defence Staff, I person travel to inquire you this question personally. Don't you cognize that immoderate radical are sponsoring these groups? If not for the information that they denied you this visa, nary 1 would person known that Western countries are sponsoring Boko Haram. If they had granted you that visa and you travelled to Canada, you wouldn't person said thing and nary 1 would cognize however they are sponsoring Boko Haram.

"This has travel to an end; it is our prayers that are working. It is God who made them contradict you that visa truthful that their concealed would beryllium exposed. We volition proceed praying that they support denying you visas 1 by 1 truthful that each the secrets of those supporting these atrocious radical successful this state volition beryllium revealed."

"We person suffered excessively much. Let this state beryllium a bully spot for us. Even if you privation to leave, marque the state amended earlier you go. That way, those of america who cannot permission volition inactive person a bully beingness here,” helium said.