- Safiu Kehinde
A former Nigerian Army nurse, Maltida Anighoro, who accused senior officers of sexual harassment, has raised alarm over her safety following her visit to the army’s Department of Personnel Management for documentation.
Anighoro accused the Nigerian Army authorities of intimidation when she attempted to do her documentation after her “forced resignation” from the military following her allegations of sexual harassment by senior officers.
As captured in a video posted on X on Thursday, the ex-military nurse disclosed that she ordered to submit her phone on arrival at the department which she refused.
She urged Nigerians to hold the army responsible in case they find her dead as she tried to document since her resignation in 2024.
“Nigerians, in case you people find me dead, you people should ask army.
“I came to the Department of Personnel Management. In case you people find me dead, ask the Nigerian Army where I am because I’m in their department now and they refused to allow me to document.
“They are trying to seize my phone. They told me to give them my phone that they want to search my phone.
“Since 2024 I left the army, this is 2026, I’m coming to document after series of cases. Now I’m coming here to document and they are saying I should give them my phone.
“I don’t know maybe they have sent any vehicle to carry me. By the time I did not get home successfully, you people should ask Nigeria army.” She said.
According to Time Africa Magazine, Anighoro who served at the Nigerian Army Medical Corps, had accused the senior military officers of intimidation, unlawful detention and degrading treatment.
At the heart of her claims is an accusation that a senior officer, General S.O. Okoigi, subjected her to relentless pressure for a sexual relationship — and orchestrated a campaign of punishment when she refused.
“I was sexually harassed and ill-treated, that is why I resigned,
“Before my resignation was approved after 10 months, I went through hell, because my Corps Commander, General Okoigi, tried to force me to accept to sleep with him.” She had said.
Her allegations, laid out in a petition to the Special Investigation Bureau, paint a disturbing portrait of life inside the ranks — one in which discipline, she claims, was weaponised to enforce silence and submission.
Anighoro traces the beginning of her ordeal to her posting at the 68 Nigerian Army Reference Hospital in Yaba, Lagos — a major military medical facility where she had hoped to build her career as a nurse.
She alleged becoming target of sustained harassment after repeatedly rejecting the advances of the senior officer.