By The social media sphere was yesterday agog with reports of a young beautiful soldier who was gunned down unceremoniously not by the enemy, not by Boko Haram terrorists but by a colleague she was reportedly in an affair with.
Sholape lives in Badagry, Lagos and unlike many young girls in her generation hustled her way through growing up. Before making it into the military, she worked as an attendant in a local bar in Badagry but wanted more from life, she wanted to be a better person.
When the opportunity came for Sholape to enroll in the Air Force, she didn’t live any stone unturned. She passed through all sort of processes, scaled through all forms of huddles and was eventually listed in the Army to serve the nation.
For her parents, they were proud of her. For former patrons and employers, they were in awe of her her courage while friends envied her.
But all that has ended now, shattered by the smoking gun of a foolish ‘Naval rating’. Sholape didn’t connive with the enemy to betray her nation, she didn’t sabotage the military in fact nothing close to that happen…she simply met her untimely death because her young lover suspected her of cheating. And no, no report has said anything about Sholape being caught with another man.
In Nigeria, might is right. Military men are untouchable irrespective of whatever heinous act committed but this shall not be allowed to go.
We shall raise our voices and cry our hearts out until we get #JusticeForSholape
By Kayode Badmus
