Lance Corporal Philomena Nnamoko, a 39-year-old female soldier, sobbed aloud about her excruciating suffering and begged the Nigerian Army to release her from duty.
According to information obtained by Anaedoonline.ng, Nnamoko, who is now stationed at Ilese Barracks in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, claims she is psychologically unbalanced and going insane.
The female soldier claimed in an interview with PUNCH that despite writing more than 10 letters to the authorities asking for a voluntary discharge, nothing had been done in her situation.
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She said, “I am gradually losing my mind, I am psychologically imbalanced, and people are saying they want to book me for AWOL. I cannot go through that torture again. I want to leave the service.
“The pain is too much. I want to be discharged from this job.
“The last letter I wrote was on December 11, 2022, and the last batch of those discharged was on July 28, 2023, but my name was not there. Even those who had just written theirs and submitted it in January and February were discharged.
“I have written more than ten letters to the Army asking for a voluntary discharge, but I have not been considered. I don’t know what I have done.”
Nnamoko’s attorney, Kayode Oshiyemi, claimed that his client is experiencing mental stress and that the Nigerian Army’s unwillingness to allow her a voluntary release is still a mystery to them.
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He said, “She is currently going through an emotional trauma. She has written three letters since after the first publication by The PUNCH on this matter. But why she is not being discharged is still a mystery to us.
“Let them let her go, she wants to leave the service. She comes to my office crying every day. Please, let the Army discharge her freely, she wants out.”
Speaking on the issue, the Director of Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, said there are terms and conditions regarding discharge.
He said, “The Nigerian Army is not an Army of conscription. There are terms and conditions of service guiding the enlistment or commissioning, period of service and even discharge or retirement of personnel of the Nigerian Army. Once the personnel concerned meets these provisions for discharge or retirement, it will be approved.”
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Also reacting, the spokesperson for the 81 Division, Nigerian Army, Major Olaniyi Osoba, said, “Tell the female soldier to call me. I want to hear from her.”
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