Onyenna: Paranoia of the Highest order!!

Okija_juju:



Well said sir..


It's common knowledge that IEDs are mostly remotely detonated by phones. These soldiers are also humans and are afraid for their lives as well. You can't blame them. Just because today she was answering a harmless call, does not mean tomorrow someone else's call might not ba a deadly one.

I have learnt to be polite to these officers at checkpoints. I always advise people to do the same things you have advised in your post. That call wet dey so important can be made a few seconds later after you have crossed the checkpoint. No need antagonizing a man with a gun who is on edge.

Hot Potato: Dear Nairalanders,

We've been held up for some minutes now, in a military checkpoint, reason being that a soldier confiscated the phone of a co-passenger cos she was answering a call.
Pls when did it become an offence for someone to answer a call at a military checkpoint?

Jakumo: My suggestion is that you disembark and deliver a resounding slap to the cheek of that cheeky soldier, but don't forget to ask him this question first - " Do you know who you are talking to ?"

Let me know how this procedure goes there. Thank you.

martha: That's stupid... All these JJC soldiers sef... D work still dey shack them...

Sleek05: On my way to Ibadan from lag, I saw a soldiers' van parked and about four of them were seriously slapping and hitting a man who was parked behind them. The man had his wife and kids crying close to him. Wish I had a camera to record d ugly scene.

gymmaster: i used to think our military men were heartless until an incident i had way back years ago when i was a student at unilag changed that,i was in a bus going to oshodi,when the bus got to oshodi with the holdup and all that in bolade,i decided to jump out of the bus in holdup,i wasnt looking very well when i jumped,lo and behold i mistakely hit a solider and the force of my junping knocked his beret to the ground,i was mortified!!!!but to my greatest surprise the solider picked up his beret,dusted his uniform and turned to me and said"hey young boy look where you are going next time,it is ok"he actually smiled at me!!!!i was shocked cause i had expected slappings and beating.
Since that incident i have always liked and respected all military men whereever i meet them ,i hold them in high regards and i have never had any problem with them,truth is they are human too

Hot Potato: Dear Nairalanders,

We've been held up for some minutes now, in a military checkpoint, reason being that a soldier confiscated the phone of a co-passenger cos she was answering a call.
Pls when did it become an offence for someone to answer a call at a military checkpoint?

kendraloops: hmmm, that's how it is in some places. back then in school (north), a friend n I were strolling past a checkpoint n she was talking with someone over the phone. donno y but it infuriated the soldier n he was like ' do I look like ur boyfriend, I say end that call now, ur very stupid'.

na person wey dey alive dey fit talk story so she had to end the call esp as the guy was already corking his gun n coming her way. d tin pain us wella but ow man go do?

I guess its dat their uniform or somethingsha that makes them cray, i donno.

Handsomeemmy:

It is not stupid ooo, they warned us living in. The north since the beginning of the boko haram uprising, maybe some people are not aware of it .

They don't allow it in the north.

Andyblaze: if u ask me, na who I go ask

Hot Potato: Dear Nairalanders,

We've been held up for some minutes now, in a military checkpoint, reason being that a soldier confiscated the phone of a co-passenger cos she was answering a call.
Pls when did it become an offence for someone to answer a call at a military checkpoint?

Hot Potato: Dear Nairalanders,

We've been held up for some minutes now, in a military checkpoint, reason being that a soldier confiscated the phone of a co-passenger cos she was answering a call.
Pls when did it become an offence for someone to answer a call at a military checkpoint?

stagger:

As someone with some knowledge of explosives forensics, I can authoritatively tell you that one of the ways that IEDs are detonated is by the use of mobile or cordless phones.

IEDs are of two types: simple and complex. Mobile phone detonated IEDs are classified as a type of complex IEDs, requiring simple modification of the phone to an electrical firing circuit to initiate the explosive charge. Most people do not know that answering a phone initiates a spark mechanism within the device, which is why people are asked not to use mobile phones in filling stations so that the spark mechanism does not ignite any fuel being dispensed.

IEDs detonated with mobile phones caused a lot of casualties in Iraq, and many soldiers have been killed at checkpoints because of this. When approaching a military checkpoint, commonsense dictates that you stop any activity that is likely to arouse suspicion, especially given the already charged state of our armed forces towards civilians. The driver ought to have cautioned the female passenger in question.

Sorry for your ordeal, but soldiers are also taught these things about explosives and so they will act on the side of caution than just let it pass.

Hot Potato:
Pls when did it become an offence for someone to answer a call at a military checkpoint?