EP45: Having dreadlocks or tattoos will get you arrested and beaten in Nigeria by the Army II Ghanacelebrities - a podcast by Nana Kwame

Soldiers in Nigeria are arresting people with dreadlock and beating them up in Abia State. The victims who were given no reason by the soldiers for their arrest and physical abuse also had their locks cut. According to the Nigerian army, they are aware of these brutalities and are looking into it.

According to Punchng.com the soldiers are blindfolding these people and taking them to an unknwon locations where they are given severe beatings and their dreads or locks cut before returning them to where they picked them from without giving them a reason for their acts.

The spokesperson for the Lagos police force stated that a man with dreadlocks or tattoos is most likely to be arrested. The prejudice against people with dreadlocks and tattoos is prevalent in the Nigerian Society with most people percieving people with locks as criminals, weed smokers and dirty people. This perception is changing but at a snails pace therefore it is easier to abuse someone with dreads or locks.

Ghanacelebrities.com with the Wahaala boys tackle this nonsense and looks at ways to improve the image of people with dreads.

Here is a link to the article.

https://punchng.com/soldiers-brutalise-men-wearing-dreadlocks-in-abia/ 

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