President Goodluck Jonathan has been asked to bring the military personnel involved in last Friday’s pandemonium that occurred in Lagos to book.
This charge was made by Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, who at a function in Lagos labelled the act barbaric.
“Our military has gone mad again. Totally out of control, treacherous because they’re attacking civilians rather than protecting civilians, simply because of a collective, that is selective, mentally wound on their ego.
“But when they turn around on citizens simply because one of them was accidentally killed on the road, then I have to consider them as allies of Boko Haram.
“So I demand on the Commander in Chief himself, the sense and exhibition of responsibility to us here who are not armed, we want an example made. Somebody somewhere is guilty of this assault on our security. The criminals must be punished.
“They must be made to understand that even though they lay their lives on the line, they are sustained by the resources and the will of this nation”, he said.
On Friday, July 4, a soldier was allegedly killed by a Bus Rapid Transit also known as BRT, which led to the burning of several buses and attack on citizens and journalists by men of the Nigerian Army.