okpara ugo:
Wasnt it in his village that Bola Ige was killed? They look out for for when the victim is most relaxed.

Billyonaire: My instinct tells me the visitor he escorted is the masterminder of the murder. He came with the assassins and staged them at prime location. Lured his host to escort him knowing he wont move with full escort. Then alerted the assassins to await and strike. Such man as that visitor must be his friend. He should arrested on circumstantial evidence.

ckkris:

Gay is common among Muslims in Northern Nigeria.

Okija_juju:


[b]Answers:

1. Everybody would have known he was in town because I am almost dead certain he rode into town with an escort and sirens blaring.

2. By virtue of his status as a Police commissioner automatically makes him a politician. He prolly was also into village politics as well. A lot of folks would want him dead.

3. In Nigeria, you can buy an AK-47 from the streets for as little as 50 - 100 thousand Naira.

4. He was prolly being followed and monitored. A reflection of poor training. Nigerias answer to insecurity is brute force in numbers which really isn't all that wise. If he had an unmarked vehicle in his convoy that was trailing him, they would have spotted those guys faster. Every time I see a convoy go past me, I laugh because it's so easy to attack them and get the upper hand especially with those AK 47s which are not very effective in close quarter combat. If his orderly had a pistol, he would have been able to manuever inside that vehicle and return fire easier than he would with a big rifle inside that confined space.

5. Everybody in his community would know where he lives. That's a no brainier.


In summary, the Nigerian Police needs to be retrained. Those AK-47s should only be carried by a special unit (e.g our SWAT unit). Inside a car, an AK-47 is not easy to manuever. A pistol in the hands of a well trained officer is deadlier than an AK47 in the hands of a thug. Moving in a convoy with flashing lights dosent necessarily mean that ou are safe. A special team of officers in an unmarked vehicle following a distance behind would be more effective as they would spot a trailing vehicle faster and move to intercept. Our entire security structure needs to be revisited. It rather sad. He was killed in front of his gate. He had a unit of heavily armed officers inside his house who didn't respond, despite hearing what I am sure would have sporadic gun shots just outside the gate. By the time they responded, the assailants had enough time to kill the commissioner, shoot up his orderly, ransack the vehicle and take the orderlies weapon and then get into their vehicle and drive away. That shows gross incompetence. It's a sad case, but I am not surprised. I have always said that a well coordinated unit of armed robbers would be able to enter the central bank and get away easily.

This is indeed a sad sad case. We really are at the mercies of men of the underworld in this nation.
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Josh316:

Well said but there is a problem.... He wasn't in his convoy when he was shot. He was riding in his personal car but with his Police driver and orderly who went out with him. The convoy were already at his house as he had arrived hours earlier. Now the issue is that he had a visitor (a Barrister) and the question is WHY DID HE HAVE TO ESCORT THE BARRISTER HOME? He could have sent his driver to drop off the visitor as he did not have any reason to follow the visitor out. The only explanation could be that the visitor coaxed him into following him so as to lure him away from his security details knowing the man would not want to draw too much attention at that time of the night. Unfortunately, someone gave away his location and was ready for him as he approached his house.

Josh316:

Well said but there is a problem.... He wasn't in his convoy when he was shot. He was riding in his personal car but with his Police driver and orderly who went out with him. The convoy were already at his house as he had arrived hours earlier. Now the issue is that he had a visitor (a Barrister) and the question is WHY DID HE HAVE TO ESCORT THE BARRISTER HOME? He could have sent his driver to drop off the visitor as he did not have any reason to follow the visitor out. The only explanation could be that the visitor coaxed him into following him so as to lure him away from his security details knowing the man would not want to draw too much attention at that time of the night. Unfortunately, someone gave away his location and was ready for him as he approached his house.

Okija_juju:

To say he was coaxed would be stretching it!!

Nobody knows the implication of his actions. The Barister may have been doing some work for him which they went to inspect prior to the shooting. You never know.

I say, he was caught slipping and got merked.

Poor security training! Poor Police instinct..

Ame Lon Ro: This sounds unbelievable. God have mercy on all of us and save our country.

Okija_juju:


[b]Answers:

1. Everybody would have known he was in town because I am almost dead certain he rode into town with an escort and sirens blaring.

2. By virtue of his status as a Police commissioner automatically makes him a politician. He prolly was also into village politics as well. A lot of folks would want him dead.

3. In Nigeria, you can buy an AK-47 from the streets for as little as 50 - 100 thousand Naira.

4. He was prolly being followed and monitored. A reflection of poor training. Nigerias answer to insecurity is brute force in numbers which really isn't all that wise. If he had an unmarked vehicle in his convoy that was trailing him, they would have spotted those guys faster. Every time I see a convoy go past me, I laugh because it's so easy to attack them and get the upper hand especially with those AK 47s which are not very effective in close quarter combat. If his orderly had a pistol, he would have been able to manuever inside that vehicle and return fire easier than he would with a big rifle inside that confined space.

5. Everybody in his community would know where he lives. That's a no brainier.


In summary, the Nigerian Police needs to be retrained. Those AK-47s should only be carried by a special unit (e.g our SWAT unit). Inside a car, an AK-47 is not easy to manuever. A pistol in the hands of a well trained officer is deadlier than an AK47 in the hands of a thug. Moving in a convoy with flashing lights dosent necessarily mean that ou are safe. A special team of officers in an unmarked vehicle following a distance behind would be more effective as they would spot a trailing vehicle faster and move to intercept. Our entire security structure needs to be revisited. It rather sad. He was killed in front of his gate. He had a unit of heavily armed officers inside his house who didn't respond, despite hearing what I am sure would have sporadic gun shots just outside the gate. By the time they responded, the assailants had enough time to kill the commissioner, shoot up his orderly, ransack the vehicle and take the orderlies weapon and then get into their vehicle and drive away. That shows gross incompetence. It's a sad case, but I am not surprised. I have always said that a well coordinated unit of armed robbers would be able to enter the central bank and get away easily.

This is indeed a sad sad case. We really are at the mercies of men of the underworld in this nation.
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