Unknown Nigerian soldiers have allegedly harassed a Muslim woman in Lagos for wearing a hijab.
Muslim women wearing hijab
Unidentified soldiers allegedly harassed a Muslim woman in Lagos by forcefully removing her veil.
According to The Whistle, the ugly incident happened on Friday, January 8, at Meran Area of Lagos. An eyewitness, identified as Adetutu, said the woman was going peacefully when three soldiers stopped her and began to harass her.
The witness noted that it took the intervention of passersby and sympathisers for the Muslim woman to get her veil back.
“I arrived at the Meiran Bus Station to board a bus when I saw three armed military men stop a Muslim woman who was putting on ta black attire and a face veil. One of them confronted her asking why she used the face veil.
“The woman was surprised and helpless. Almost immediately he (one of the soldiers) turned up her face veil to reveal her face.
“The woman who felt ashamed only looked and could do nothing because the soldiers were heavily armed.
“After one of the soldiers revealed her face, another soldier forcefully removed the veil from her saying ‘This thing is not allowed in our country. You can use it in your house but not here’.
“He (the soldier) took the veil and was about leaving with it. All the woman could do was to plead with him to at least release the veil to her.
“After harassing her in such a way that called attention of passersby, he (the soldier) returned the veil to her and she quietly left almost shedding tears,” he said.