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The incident was said to have
taken place at the Jerusalem area of the town where water supply to residents
is normally carried out by the water vendor since there is no government
borehole nor water reticulation in the area.
The situation has thrown many families
into hardship as their daily water supplies was abruptly cut-off causing
lateness of children to school having spent frantic hours scouting for water.
Some of the water vendors said , the soldiers stormed their colony and beat them up harshly and
carted away with seven to six handsets belonging to some of their members.
Narrating the cause of the
incident, one of the Mai Ruwas informed that the entire fight was centred on a
girl whom one of their members sexually assaulted.
He however explained that the
matter was sorted out between the family of the girl and their member only for
them to be visited by soldiers at night who started beating them up with gun
boots and iron whips.
On how the soldiers came into the
picture of the issue, the vendors fingered one guy who is suspected to have a relationship
with the girls that went and invited his military friends who took over the
matter.
When contacted, the spokesman of
Sector II Operation Lafiya Dole, Lt. Njoka Irabor, “Let me call somebody and
confirm if it is actually soldiers. It’s
an illegal action. They took the action based on the relationship with the
person. Nobody sent them there. If it is actually soldiers that did that. But I
promise I will get back to you as soon as I have details of what happened”, Lt.
Irabor said.
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