The NDA, which said it would not tolerate the mistreatment of Nigerians by cadets, disclosed that the incident occurred in 2014 in Lagos.
A statement by the NDA on Thursday read, “The attention of the Nigerian Defence Academy has been drawn to a trending video showing cadets beating some persons. Please note that NDA is investigating the incident.
“Preliminary investigation has confirmed the incident to have occurred in 2014 somewhere in Lagos while the cadets were on break.
“NDA as a responsible institution saddled with task of producing future military leaders will not in any way tolerate such unruly and flagrant mistreatment of Nigerians.
“The NDA under current leadership has addressed most disciplinary loopholes. Further investigation is continuing.”
The video, which has gone viral, has caused an outrage among Nigerians, with many calling for the cadets involved to be identified and sanctioned.
The video suggested that the man was being tortured for referring to one of the cadets, a female, as being beautiful.
The female cadet, who was apparently enraged by the remark, led the torture, repeatedly slapping the young man and dragging him on the ground at some point.
As she tortured the man, she kept asking him to tell her how she was beautiful.
“Am I beautiful? How beautiful am I?” she asked at some point.
Others took turns in assaulting the man, hitting him at the back of his head.
Ignoring the man’s screams and his bloodied face, the cadets continued their assault, laughing at the man’s plight in the video which lasted a little over two minutes.
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