– Reporter
January 26, 2024
The Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy Ohanenye, has said on Thursday on her X handle (formerly Twitter) that she has visited the female soldier, Ruth Ogunleye, who went viral accusing some military top brass of intimidation.
Ogunleye Ruth had alleged that her superiors – Col. I. B. Abdulkareem, Col. G. S. Ogor and Brig. Gen. I. B. Solebo – had made life hell for her and anything that happened to her, they should be held responsible.
Ruth who goes by her TikTok name @Ogunleyeruthsavage1, took to the social media TikTok, to narrate her ordeal in the hands of the aforementioned superiors, and called on good spirited Nigerians, especially human rights activists and organizations, to come to her aid, stressing that , ” I know they will come for me, they will try to arrest me.”
She further alleged that Col Abdulkareem had tried many times to rape her, injected her, evicted her and thrown her into psychiatric hospital for months, as well as denied her promotion courses, because she had turned down his amorous advances.
Ruth also said that her father had prevailed on Col. Abdulkareem to let her have peace, but that he instead told him to tell his daughter to “Obey the last command”.
Ohanenye wrote: “In keeping with my earlier resolve, I was at the facility where the female soldier, Ruth Ogunleye, is undergoing rehabilitation earlier this week.
“Aside from the noticeable improvement from my last visit to her, she was in high spirits and we interacted cordially.
“I am impressed and must commend the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja for the top notch care and attention given to her by the Army through the deployment of their personnel to the facility.
“On our own part, the ministry also deployed a desk officer to monitor her recovery in keeping with our mandate to promote the welfare and wellbeing of Nigerian Women.”
