The National Youth Service Corps has backed the Nigerian army on the detention of a female soldier, Army Private Hannah Sofiat, after she accepted a marriage proposal from her corps member lover, at the NYSC orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State.
Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, December 21, Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.-Gen. Ibrahim Shuaibu explained that the Army is a strong institution that was founded on the basis of discipline.
Shuaibu further stated that the Nigerian army will not take anything that will impinge on discipline lightly.
He said;
“Every organization has its own customs and traditions, and we have to abide by it. We, on our part, have spoken to our corps members.
We encourage them to inter-marry, but we have never had a situation where a corps member will go and propose (to a soldier).
The Army has its own tradition and they will not joke with it. So, we always tell our corps members to play by the rules.
I can assure that the army as an institution is built on its customs and traditions, and anything that will impinge on discipline, they will not take it lightly.”
