some soldiers monitoring the elections in Ajegunle area of Lagos State on Saturday arrested and severely punished five men for being in possession of machete and moving about during movement restriction hours.
According to some voters who witnessed the interaction, the soldiers ordered the men to hold one another on the shoulder and start frog jumping.
They said the punishment was teach them a lesson on the danger of stoking violence.
The soldiers also said that others would learn a lesson or two from the five suspects.
An eyewitness, Jamiu Fakorede said: “The soldiers saw six men walking, but only one of them had a cutlass. Immediately the soldiers called them, one of the men bolted. As others made to run, the soldiers ordered them to stop or they would shoot. The soldiers took the cutlass from them.
“The soldiers told them to do from jump. They flogged them with horse whip. They told them to hold each other from behind and jump like a frog.”
One of the soldiers said the five men would be handed over to the police.
He said it would serve as deterrent to others who wanted to cause violence.
In another development, soldiers monitoring at Mba Street flogged a lady silly for wearing knicker to polling unit for her accreditation.
The lady was said to have been through with her accreditation and was on her way home when the soldiers saw her at Mba.
They said her dressing was disgraceful and irresponsible.