A female soldier, Corporal Marian Agumba, has accused senior Nigerian Army officers of harassment and assault.
She also alleged persistent threats to her life after years of frustration in the military.
In a viral video sighted by SaharaReporters on Thursday, Agumba made a desperate plea for help.
She appealed to President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Army Staff, and the Chief of Defence Staff to intervene.
Agumba said she had served in the Nigerian Army for 13 years with dedication and loyalty.
But according to her, she has faced nothing but intimidation and mental torture.
“I joined the army with my whole heart to serve my country,” she said in the video.
“But since I joined, I have not had peace of mind.”
Agumba claimed that her ordeal began when she refused sexual advances from senior officers.
She said their rejection led to years of persecution and humiliation.
“Had I been sleeping around like they wanted, they wouldn’t be treating me this way,” she alleged.
The corporal said she voluntarily resigned in July, but the harassment continued.
According to her, she was unlawfully detained and beaten alongside her two-year-old child.
“They locked me up with my child,” she said tearfully.
“They even ordered a private soldier to assault me.”
Agumba claimed she was later charged with assault and other false offences.
She said she was punished, detained again, and demoted from Corporal to Lance Corporal.
She specifically named two officers, Lieutenant Colonel Osarema and Lieutenant Colonel Nkanan.
According to her, both men ordered and supervised her assault.
“I was crying, telling them that the private soldier was acting on their orders,” she recounted.
“Yet they still punished and deranked me.”
Despite being discharged, Agumba said the threats have not stopped.
She alleged that officers have vowed to revoke her certificates and benefits.
“I’m done being strong,” she said in her appeal.
“All I’m asking for is justice and protection.”
Agumba said she gave her best years to the Nigerian Army but got cruelty in return.
She insisted she was targeted because she refused to sleep with her superiors.
“I am not a criminal,” she said.
“I have never been found wanting since I joined the army.”
Agumba alleged that Lieutenant Colonel Osarema personally ordered her detention after she turned him down.
“He told them to assault me and my baby, then locked me up again,” she said.
She said she spent seven days without food or access to her child.
“They denied me everything and later deranked me,” she said bitterly.
Even after leaving the army, Agumba said she still receives threatening calls.
“They said I would disappear and nobody would save me,” she claimed.
When she reported to a superior officer, she said she got no help.
“He told me to call anyone I know because he couldn’t help,” she said.
Agumba described the Nigerian Army as a place where female soldiers suffer harassment and discrimination.
“As an Igbo woman, if you refuse to sleep around, they frustrate you,” she alleged.
She lamented that her entitlements after 13 years of service are now being withheld.
“They want to stop my benefits and revoke my certificate,” she said.
Agumba also decried poor welfare and unpaid allowances in the military.
“The salary can’t even feed us, and yet they keep threatening our lives,” she said.
She ended her video with a renewed plea to President Tinubu and human rights groups.
“All I want is justice, peace, and protection,” she said.
