'I was Busy Fighting for the Peace of My Country, but SARS Tortured My Cousin to Death' - Nigerian Solider Speaks

A young Nigerian soldier who uses the handle @JassJegs has taken to Twitter to tell how his cousin was allegedly tortured to death by the operatives of Special Anti-Robbery Squad(SARS).

According to Jass, whose bio describes as a terrorist and counter insurgence expert, he recently visited his family after many months of serving in the embattled region of the northeast, only to learn that his cousin died while being tortured by operatives of SARS.

“While I was busy fighting for the peace of my country #SARS were busy torturing my cousin till Death. Got a shocking news entering into town now. I think am done with this country,” Jass tweeted, and then he went on to share, in detail, how his cousin was picked up by the officers who accused him of engaging in fraudulent activities.

Things went awry when the cousin’s mother couldn’t provide the N60,000 the police officers demanded, and sadly, his cousin died.

Jass did not share the identity of his cousin, however his story has gained major traction on social media.

See the tweets below.

While I was busy fighting for the peace of my country #SARS were busy torturing my cousin till Death.
Got a shocking news entering into town now.
I think am done with this country.
— @HardyI (@jassjegs) July 12, 2018

According to what I heard.
They were picked up at about 8:20pm by #SARS took them to custody that they are yahoo boys later said they are cult members tortured the hell out of them asking till the next day.
His mother went to the station they ask her to go bring 60K to bail/1
— @HardyI (@jassjegs) July 12, 2018

Happening before she could reach out to those who will raise such money for her was the third day. They've already handed over my Cousin to Anti cultism they tortured them till my cousin gave up because he's hypertensive.
Well I rest my case here.
— @HardyI (@jassjegs) July 12, 2018