Nigeria, March 12 -- Nigerians are forced to relive mind-numbing trauma whenever and each time men in uniform step out of line. Instantly, there are flashbacks, and suddenly, a deluge of memories comes crashing down.

A couple of days ago, personnel attached to the Sam Ethnan Airforce base, Ikeja stormed the Ikeja Electricity Distribution Company, where they assaulted workers and journalists.

Are the personnel not Nigerians? As an arm of the Nigerian Armed Forces, what efforts have they made to ensure that Nigeria's appalling power situation is resolved soon? What part of their staggeringly shameful resort to self-help tells them that they can take out their frustrations with the power situation in the country on innocent civilians?

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