Amari Sunday, the young man who was tortured for telling a female cadet officer that she is beautiful, has explained his own side of the story.

Sunday claimed that he was forced to compliment the female officer who led the assault.

In the video, which has been attracting criticisms from the general public, the officer was seen slapping Sunday repeatedly for saying she is beautiful.

“Am I beautiful? How beautiful am I? Bastard! Idiot! Describe me, am I not like Beyonce? He said I’m beautiful, am I Angelina Jolie,” she had while landing defensless slaps on the civilian.

Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a breakfast programme on Channels Television, Sunday appealed to the army authorities to take necessary action.

He also revealed the location of the video as Abuja, contrary to the claim of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) that it happened in Lagos.

Sunday, who disclosed that it happened on December 31, 2014, demanded for justice.

“We were attached to some police men and army officers, because of some terrorists that come around the area, so I thought maybe they (the cadets) were deployed to come around in case of any problem not knowing they had their own personal intention of coming,” he said.

“They came while I was at the reception; they passed by my right and they were beating one boy there. I couldn’t talk. One of them then said I should come. He gave me five seconds to come and meet him and he was in a far distance.

“He said they gave me the first opportunity of five seconds and I failed, three seconds and I also failed. So, before I could say sorry, they slapped me.

“I said ‘Sorry, please, can I identify myself?’ They said ‘what fucking identification?’ I said ‘please I work here, I am also a federal government staff’. They said it didn’t mean. How will I identify myself? They beat me again.

“So, when they began to slap me, the second lady also joined; they were two, so the two of them continued slapping me.

“She said she asked me a question and I couldn’t answer. And the question was: why did I fail to meet the other guy that called me within five seconds. And I said the distance was far and before I could run to him, the five seconds had gone. And he also sent me to come within three seconds and I couldn’t meet him. She now said I talked too much and slapped me again.

“I said sorry, she said she was talking to me and I was looking at the ground, that couldn’t I look at her? As I was looking at her, she slapped me again, I bent down and she said she was talking to me and I couldn’t look at her face.

“And then I started looking at her, she slapped me and she asked why I was looking at an army officer, that I should tell her whether she was beautiful or ugly. And she started looking at me. She said I should talk, so when I refused to talk, she slapped me again and I said ‘you are beautiful’.

“Then they said I admired army officer in uniform; they said I had committed an offence. How could I admire army officer in uniform? The other guy came around and started beating me from back like you saw it in the video.”

Meanwhile, the army authorities have vowed to dig deep into the matter and bring those behind the dastardly act to book.

“The attention of The Nigerian Defence Academy has been drawn to a trending video showing cadets beating some persons. Please note that NDA is investigating the incident. Preliminary investigation has confirmed the incident to have occurred in 2014 somewhere in Lagos while the cadets were on break,” a statement from DHQ said.