Nigeria, Jan. 24 -- John Okafor, a parliamentary security officer, was on routine patrol at the National Assembly Arcade at about 5 p.m. sometime in June last year when he witnessed an unusual scene.

A Nigerian Army major-general, accompanied by military officers, was meting out punishments on three men, who appeared to be in their early 40s. The men were ordered to kneel, raise their hands, hold their ears, and perform frog jumps around the Arcade. The men, Mr Okafor later learned, were being punished for allegedly duping the military officer by disguising themselves as journalists covering the National Assembly.

They had reportedly collected money from the officer in May 2025 when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Ethics, Pri...