Female soldier arrested for accepting marriage proposal on duty
WeirdNews
The army said she broke several codes of conduct including "indulging in romance while in uniform".
(Web Desk) – A female Nigerian soldier has been arrested for allegedly accepting a marriage proposal from a male member of the country s youth service scheme.
A video of the unnamed soldier accepting a ring from the trainee has been widely shared online.
The army said she broke several codes of conduct including "indulging in romance while in uniform".
The incident happened during a three-week paramilitary training for young Nigerians in the western Kwara state.
The woman involved was responsible for training the new recruits as part of the National Youth Service Corps Orientation (NYSC) - an initiative launched by former Nigerian President Yakubu Gowon to improve ethnic relations after the 1967-70 Biafra civil far.
A spokesman for the Nigerian military said on Monday that the detained female soldier had breached the code of conduct expected of those deployed to conduct NYSC trainings.
"Her conduct was prejudicial to good order and military discipline," Gen Clement Nwachukwu, the army s director of public relations, said.
"Their [trainers] task was to train the youth corps members and not to indulge in amorous relationship with any of them. The Nigerian military like all others, has its disciplinary codes, distinct from that of the general society. Every personnel has voluntarily undertaken to be bound by this code," Gen Nwachukwu added.
