Sofiyat Akinlabi News Today

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Faruk Yahaya orders the immediate release of a detained female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi.

The family of corps member who proposed to a female soldier (Sofiyat Akinlabi) have apologized to the Army not to dismiss the soldier.

The corper proposed to Akinlabi a female at the National Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State recently.

The petition was aimed at getting President Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Army to free the female soldier.

The happiest experiences of her life turned into a nightmare for a Nigerian soldier, after being arrested for accepting a marriage proposal while on duty.

Women Empowerment and Legal Aid (WELA) and the Convener, Concerned Nigerians, Comrade Deji Adeyanju have condemned the detention of a female soldier, Sofiyat Akinlabi by the Nigerian Army for accepting marriage proposal.

The goal was to have 100 signatories but it had surpassed that in less than an hour after its initiation.

Sofiat was detained after video clips of her being proposed to by a male corps member at the NYSC orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, went viral on social media.

(AFRICAN EXAMINER) - A civil society organization, the Women Empowerment & Legal Aid, on Monday, has enjoined the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Farouk Yahaya, to respect the decision of a female soldier, Private Sofiyat Akinlabi, to marry a male corps member. The Chairperson of the group, Funmi Falana, in a letter to the