The flag boys were allegedly seized, beaten up to a pulp and nearly set ablaze by some touts who operate at Oshodi motor park, before they were rescued by a courageous soldier.
The victims, in a video that went viral, claimed that they were going about their normal duty with the Labour Party flag and insignia, when they were accosted by motor touts who were ordered by their superior to beat them up and set them ablaze. One of the victims, said: “When the touts, who were ordered by their superiors seized my friend, I took to my heels to the motor park and boarded a cab, while the cab was loading, the touts traced me to the cab, forced me out of the cab, and took me to where my friend was also kept.
“Their superior ordered that we should be beaten, killed and set ablaze. We were beaten like common criminals. They flogged and were about to set us on fire before a soldier came to our rescue.