Dismissed female soldier, Ruth Ogunleye threatens & dares Army to publish outcome of sexual harassment investigation by senior military officer
A female Nigerian soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, who was recently discharged from service after alleging that a senior officer, Colonel I. B. Abdulkareem sexually harassed her, has demanded that the investigation that led to her dismissal should be published by the army.
It was earlier reported that Ogunleye via her TikTok page, @Ogunleyeruthsavage1 in January 2024, claimed that her superiors, Colonel I.B Abdulkareem, Colonel G.S Ogor, and Brigadier General I.B Solebo made her life unbearable.
She specifically accused Abdulkareem of making repeated attempts to assault her, administering injections against her will, forcibly removing her from her residence, and confining her to a psychiatric hospital for several months after she rejected his love advances.
Following the allegations, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, ordered a thorough investigation into the matter.
However, while briefing journalists on the outcome of the probe in Abuja on Tuesday, the Director of Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, said the ex-female officer was discharged after an investigation revealed that her allegations were false.
He said, “The investigation concluded that Colonel I.B Abdulkareem did not commit the offence of sexual harassment as alleged by ex-Private Ruth Ogunleye. The findings were definitive and based on an objective evaluation of the available information.”
Reacting to the statement by the army, Ogunleye took to her TikTok account once again and pleaded that the outcome of the investigation should be made public.
She wrote, “I want to say a big thank you to the Nigerian Army and its spokesperson, Maj. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu. It is no longer news that I was discharged from the service on June 15, 2024. I humbly request that the Nigerian Army publish the outcome of the investigation that led to my discharge.
“On January 9, 2024, I came on social media to complain about how I was harassed by Colonel I. B. Abdulkareem, Colonel G. S. Ogor, and Brigadier General I. B. Solebo.”
