A soldier has be caught extorting money from motorists along the popular Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway by a superior officer.

While the time the video was shot was unknown, the soldier was seen crying, prostrating and pleading with a senior officer, who caught him extorting a motorist.

The soldier was asked by the superior to surrender all the money extorted from motorists.

While the armed soldier was heard saying he has worked for many years for the Nigerian Army amid tears, the unknown superior officer responded by telling the erring personnel that he was behaving like a low-level soldier.

Commenting on the video, a soldier said,

He is not a young soldier at all, he is a staff sergeant, it’s so sad. He really embarrassed the military.

Justin Nwosu

Justin Nwosu is the founder and publisher of Flavision. His core interest is in writing unbiased news about Nigeria in particular and Africa in general. He’s a strong adherent of investigative journalism, with a bent on exposing corruption, abuse of power and societal ills.