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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