Chief Of Army Staff Requested For My Nude, Bought Me iPhone and I Submitted Resignation letter to Min of Woman Affair – Discharged Army Officer

A former female soldier, Private Ruth Ogunleye, has once again taken to social media to reveal disturbing allegations of sexual harassment involving senior officers within the Nigerian Army.

In a video posted online, Ogunleye accused the Chief of Army Staff, General Taoreed Lagbaja, of asking her to send her nude photos and even buying her an iPhone Pro Max.

In the video, Ogunleye called out the Minister of Women Affairs, Uju Kennedy, who she said advised her to voluntarily resigned from the army.

According to Ogunleye, the Minister requested that she leave her post, which she did by submitting a handwritten voluntary discharge letter.

This letter was then forwarded to the Chief of Army Staff, who later converted her voluntary discharge into a medical discharge in order for her to receive pension and other benefits.

Ogunleye claims that this conversion was based on a false assertion of mental illness, which she disputes, pointing to the absence of any medical evidence to support such a diagnosis.

She said, “I am calling out the Minister of Women Affairs. Please, come forward and tell the truth. You requested that I leave my job, which I did voluntarily, and I submitted the letter to you. You then forwarded it to the Chief of Army Staff, requesting that I be released to your office to work with you.

“On July 1, 2024, the Chief of Army Staff called me on video and instructed me to convert my voluntary discharge to a medical one so that I could benefit from pensions and other packs. I took screenshots of everything that transpired. You also requested my nude photos, which I sent you, and you bought me an iPhone Pro Max. So where does this claim of mental illness come from? You said you were helping me because we are from the same state, but you still asked for my nude photos and I sent them.”

This is not the first time Ogunleye has spoken out about her experience. In January 2024, she used her TikTok platform to publicly accuse Colonel I.B. Abdulkareem, Colonel G.S. Ogor, and Brigadier General I.B. Solebo of sexual harassment, including attempts to assault her, administering injections against her will, and confining her to a psychiatric hospital after she rejected their sexual advances.

Despite her claims, the Nigerian Army, through its spokesperson, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu, dismissed the allegations as baseless, stating that medical evaluations showed Ogunleye was suffering from a condition that made her “medically vulnerable.”

However, Ogunleye has consistently called for transparency and a public release of the investigation into her allegations. “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,” Ogunleye said, urging the army to post the findings on their social media platforms for public scrutiny.

In a separate post, Ogunleye pleaded with the Minister of Women Affairs to come forward and tell the truth about her involvement in the case. “You requested that I leave my job, and I submitted my handwritten voluntary resignation letter to you, which you gave to the Army. Please come out and tell the truth, ma,” she implored.