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ocelot2006:

Yes, the Police. And I know it sounds strange.

The police has a better Signals department compared to the Army. Hell, the Police owns it's own dedicated Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) after the likes of MTN, Glo, Airtel, and Etisalat

When it comes to disposing Bombs and other ordinances, the Police Bomb Squad is basically the very best EOD team compared to that of EVERY other service (FACT). They have far better equipment, but most of all, YEARS of experience. The Army's EOD teams are now just playing catchup, but they still aren't anywhere close.

When it comes to individual fire arms, it must be noted that the army out guns the Police will the GPMGs, MG-20, and M-60 LMGs, and RPG-7s (only the Nigerian Police Marine Unit is armed with LMGs like the Russian PKM and standard issue GPMG). [b]But when it comes to infantry weapons, the army doesn't come close at all. Every soldier (even Special Forces operators) is armed with a plain FN-FAL or the current standard issue OBJ-006/Type 56 assault rifle with a folded bayonet/spike. The Police on the other hand can boast of the standard issue FN-FAL/NR-1, the FN-FAL Paratrooper model with its fold stock, the current issue Type-56-2 with its fold stock, the FN-FNC, the Indonesian Pindad SS1, the Deawoo K-2 assault rifle. Pistol wise, same issue with the army equipped with only the Beretta M9 and the old Browning High Power, compared to the NPF armed with same Beretta M9, same Hi-Power, but also the Jericho.

Vehicle wise, the Police were actually the very first to introduce the MRAP, and equally own a considerable number of APCs. The Army owns a large number of Otokar Cobras, VBLs, MOWAGs, Igirigi, and a few Bigfoots, Street Spartan MK3. The Police (MOPOL and CTU) on the other hand owns Streit Spartan MK1s, MK2s (used extensively during the Abakaliki crisis to transport MOPOL cops safely) , MK3s, the good Ole Saxon APCS, the Casspir, RG-31 Nyala MRAPs, Otokar Cobras, Musketeer LPV, and the Springbuck VI MRAP.[/b]

does it mean that the Nigerian citizens are the enemy of the Nigerian state?

guy how you go compare rat(NPF) with dog(NA) ? why why why.??

I have alway known this fact

I am very sure the person that made that comment wouldn't like what you re doing with it. You re misunderstanding it all.

It is like comparing a capenter and a barbar or compairing seun and musiwa. Army dont fight crime police does. Army fight wars. The problem of nigerian army are northern and Yoruba sabatours in their rank and file given out information to BH (most times freely) about their activities. If u like insult the millitary from now till enternity but if gej decided to withdraw them from fighting and dieing against BH northern iraq will be a child's play compare to the whole nigeria. No millitary in the world can defeat their enemy esp when the enemies are also within them. Thumb up to nigerian army and may the souls of those who died while trying to restore peace in the land find rest in the bossom of the lord.

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does it mean that the Nigerian citizens are the enemy of the Nigerian state?

come to alaba international with the presence of over 300 mobile police heavily armerd with the weapon u mention above arm robbers ar always having a filled day from banks and traders with catapult and local dane gun (long hunter gun)

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does it mean that the Nigerian citizens are the enemy of the Nigerian state?

Dude, really? Did you even bother to read the WHOLE thread, or at least my subsequent posts before you created this CRAP.

Hmmm...Now I know why some people fail exams.

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