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ON November 30, Tochukwu Agina, an Anglican priest, was riding in a commercial bus in Okpotouno, Ogbaru LGA of Anambra State when Nigerian Navy ratings at a road checkpoint ordered the vehicle to stop.
His “offence?” Holding a mobile phone. The ratings demanded to know if he was making a call or filming them, and he replied no to both.
Unsatisfied, one rating ordered him out of the vehicle, sought permission from their commander, and proceeded to beat the priest with a combination of slaps, punches, and sticks, targeting his head and midriff, until his clerical collar and clothes were soaked in blood.
His head wounds required heavy bandaging in the hospital. This is barbaric, sadistic and highly condemnable.
