Soldiers attacked some residents of Maiduguri at Wulari Jerusalem Area while they were watching the football match between Manchester United and Arsenal Football Club in a compound yesterday.
Sources told Sahara Reporters that “The soldiers just started beating people. They went into rooms to drag out some fans who ran for dear lives and beat them without mercy.”
Muhammed Aheme also said “Some of my friends were seriously injured and received the beating of their lives. The Soldiers should stop this kind of attitude that will cause people to start disliking them more. It is not constitutional to enter someone’s private rooms. Their commanders should call them to order.”
Emmanuel Osikoya a resident of the area said even before the formation of Civilian Vigilante Group, residents have always co-operated with the military so it is wrong for soldiers to enter a compound and decide to beat people who have committed no crimes.