Take away the uniform, the horse whip and the gun, the young man in these pictures would probably have fought his tormentor. But, he cut the image of an obedient citizen, who had accepted his offence and ready to pay the price.
Somewhere at the back of his mind was the belief that the soldier had no right to violate his human rights and subject him to public ridicule.
The manner in which he knelt down, begging the soldier and the speed with which he agreed to frog-jump could only have been gun-induced.
For him, the fear of the soldier was the beginning of wisdom last Saturday in Mushin, Lagos mainland.
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