Ruth Ogunleye: Dismissed Nigerian soldier hits out at the army

The former soldier made a video on Tiktok accusing senior officers of rape and harassment.

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Ex-private Ruth Ogunleye made the allegations via her TikTok account in January, saying she had suffered immensely as a result of her ordeal at the hands of a general and two colonels.

Her allegations caused widespread outrage in Nigeria and prompted the women's minister to discuss the case with the army chief.

After an investigation, the army dismissed her allegations and said the soldier had been discharged on medical grounds as she suffers from a condition that makes her vulnerable, without giving further details.

Ms Ogunleye has now released a second video on Tiktok, in which she calls for the investigation to be made public and describes how she was raped and given an injection by those she accused.

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