Main points
- The Freedom of Russia Legion captured Nigerian Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, who fought for the occupiers in the Zaporozhye direction in order to avoid a prison term in Russia.
- Oluwagbemileke received a Russian passport for his service, but now regrets his decision and thanks the Legion for saving his life after being wounded.
- The Legion noted that approximately 500 Africans were recruited into the Russian Armed Forces, often being used as expendable resources.
African Kehinde Oluwagbemileke in captivity of the “Freedom of Russia” legion / Screenshot from video
Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion captured a Nigerian who fought on the side of the occupiers in the Zaporizhzhya direction. The man agreed to go to war in order to be released from prison.
The Freedom of Russia Legion told Channel 24 about this.
What is known about the captive African
Fighters of the Freedom of Russia Legion eliminated an infantry squad of the 503rd motorized rifle regiment of the Russian Armed Forces. Two were captured alive, one of them was a Nigerian citizen Kehinde Oluwagbemileke, who had previously studied at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow.
He became an occupier in order to be released from prison, while living in Russia, he was caught selling drugs. Instead of a term under Article 228 of the Criminal Code of Russia, he was offered to “work it off” in the war – a contract with the Russian Ministry of Defense in exchange for a “clean record,” the soldiers said.
A prisoner with the call sign Future told about himself: watch the video of the Legion “Freedom of Russia”
Oluwagbemileke admitted that he regretted joining the so-called “SVO”. His family is in Nigeria and he used to work as a translator.
On the occasion of joining the service, the African received a Russian passport. “But he almost stayed in the Zaporizhzhya region forever, deceived and thrown to the meat by the commanders,” the soldiers emphasized.
Prisoner thanks Legion: watch video
He received shrapnel wounds and was given first aid. In an interview, he said that he was grateful to the Legion for saving his life and regretted taking up arms and going to fight for someone else's interests, the soldiers said about the prisoner.
Let us recall that Africans on the Russian front are a mass phenomenon. The Freedom of Russia Legion emphasized that about 500 people have been recruited from Africa alone into the occupiers' armed forces – they are used as an expendable resource.
Recently, in the Seversky direction, Ukrainian defenders captured two Cameroonian citizens who fought for Russia. They admitted that they were going to “make shampoo,” but signed a contract and went to fight for money.
Then the Africans were detained by fighters from the K-2 battalion together with their brothers from the 118th territorial defense brigade and the 54th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
