“Your blood is nothing. Is that clear,” said a female cadet to a young man who was bleeding after he was assaulted by young military trainees of the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA). The young man had complimented the female cadet on her beauty, and what he got in response to his compliment were incessant slaps across his face, knocks on his head, and kicks until he bled.
The incident was captured on camera, and the video had since gone viral but only recently drawn the attention of the Nigerian Army. Yesterday, in a series of tweets, the Nigerian Army said that the NDA was conducting investigations and preliminary findings confirmed the incident to have taken place in Lagos a year ago while the cadets were on break.
The attention of The Nigerian Defence Academy has been drawn to a trending video showing Cadets beating some persons. 1/
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) February 4, 2016
Please note that NDA is investigating the incident. Preliminary investigation has confirmed the incident to have occurred in 2014 #Lagos 2/
— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) February 4, 2016