Amnesty International specifically mentioned Giwa Barracks, a military detention facility where persons suspected to be members of Boko Haram are being held.
According to the latest report published by ICIR Nigeria, female detainees narrate how soldiers sleep with them for the female detainees to have access to basic amenities such as food, toiletries, items of clothing and sometimes.
It was also reported that soldiers also have intercourse with the female detainees promising to set them free.
According to ICIR, three former female detainees told AI during separate interview sessions that they had witnessed the molestation going on in the facility.
It was gathered that two of the females said they were victims of such molestation themselves. They identified 10 of the male soldiers responsible, five of whom worked in the health clinic of the barracks.
“We knew them, all the women befriended by soldiers. They always had things we did not have, like soap, detergent and wrappers [clothing items]. Some of the women… had as many as 15 wrappers each [given by soldiers]. The soldiers also bought bread, beverages and other food for their ‘girlfriends’,” one of the former detainees told AI.
Source: daily post