Spokesperson for the Nigerian Military, Brigadier Normal Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the event to PRNigeria.
In keeping with a report by SaharaReporters, Personal Hannah Sofiat Akinlabi, a feminine soldier detained after video clips of her being proposed to by a male corps member on the Nationwide Youth Service Corps orientation camp in Yikpata, Kwara State, went viral on social media has been launched by the Nigerian Military.
SaharaReporters gathered that Sofiat was launched on Saturday.
Spokesperson for the Nigerian Military, Brigadier Normal Onyema Nwachukwu, confirmed the event to PRNigeria.
He mentioned, "I can confirm to you that an order has been made for the soldier to be freed and enjoy the Christmas with her family and friends with a serious warning for her not to repeat such act again."
SaharaReporters had reported that the feminine soldier was ordered to be detain by Captain MM Abdulahi, Kwara State NYSC Camp Commandant, at a navy detention facility in Ilorin, the state capital, pending additional investigations.
A navy supply had mentioned she was detained for not being "due for marriage, romancing on uniform publicly, absent on parade, indiscriminate behaviour, doing other things aside from her purpose in NYSC camp, disobedience to standing order of social media rule and disobedience to ethics and tradition of the Nigerian Army".
Akinlabi's arrest and detention was broadly condemned by civil society teams and Nigerians on the whole, who described it as gender discrimination by the Nigerian Military.
