Stephandesward:
One of the things compounding safety issues for the police, is the way they handle relationship with the masses, the masses hate( I intentionally didn't use dislike) the police.
An average Nigerian has no problem watching the police been assaulted.
One of the ways to nip this this attacks that an intelligent person predict would soon spread to other regions I think stations were burnt in Lagos and Niger state, is for the police to immediately change their civilian-polce relationship. Be more active in their duty of protecting the masses, and prosecution of erring officers, they should stop acting like slave drivers.
These peace of advice(s) while good for the general masses, will help police personnel live longer .

GeneralFarouq:

What are police officers even doing with grenade...
They should have smokes, flash bang and other non lethal stuffs for crowd control. This is wrong armament for officers not in counter terrorism unit.
And considering the theatre of operations, which is populated, grenades should even be at the bottom of their necessaries

Kaeboy:


That story was a hoax. Ask yourself if you've ever see any Nigeria Police with grenade openly before? That was a suicide bomber, police and state govt are just trying to cover it up

Stephandesward:



Why are jet fighter pilots flying beechcraft? I'm not a pilot, just an observation.

persius555:


The police were suppose to check the excesses of the citizenry but they became the excesses

GeneralFarouq:

What are police officers even doing with grenade...
They should have smokes, flash bang and other non lethal stuffs for crowd control. This is wrong armament for officers not in counter terrorism unit.
And considering the theatre of operations, which is populated, grenades should even be at the bottom of their necessaries

DubaiLandLord1:
True federalism, like is been practised in the USA or the way the UK is been run will end most of this madness in Nigeria.

Imagine southern Governors banning open grazing, and an ordinary presidential spokesperson they release a press statement challenging Governors authority.

Is just so funny, in this 2021, make cows roaming about or not dey be one of the major topics been talked about in a country

jpphilips:


There is nothing like True federalism & it is not practiced anywhere in the world!

Rich4god:


Seriously, state police and regional security is the way. If the soldiers and police guarding Zamfara state, Katsina state etc are indigenes of the state and employed by the state govt, there is no way they will allow rascal Fulani bandits to be killing them anyhow.

Stephandesward:



Why are jet fighter pilots flying beechcraft? I'm not a pilot, just an observation.

Kaeboy:


That story was a hoax. Ask yourself if you've ever see any Nigeria Police with grenade openly before? That was a suicide bomber, police and state govt are just trying to cover it up

DubaiLandLord1:
Nigeria is practising false federalism since we are copying the USA.

A situation whereby the Kano state Government won't allow beers be consumed in Kano, but will be receiving VAT from Beers sales is no more acceptable.

Though I agree with you, there is nothing like "true federalism"

DubaiLandLord1:
Nigeria is practising false federalism since we are copying the USA.

A situation whereby the Kano state Government won't allow beers be consumed in Kano, but will be receiving VAT from Beers sales is no more acceptable.

Though I agree with you, there is nothing like "true federalism"

jpphilips:


Tax laws have nothing to do with the formation of a federation, stop confusing yourself, VAT from beer sales? every bottle of beer is inclusive of VAT so it is added from source, you can as well stop consuming beer so that Kano state won't get alert, the same way we have non-smoking areas but VAT is charged on Cigarette.

Stephandesward:



Why are jet fighter pilots flying beechcraft? I'm not a pilot, just an observation.

ugo4u:

They do so because they are rated on the beechraft. Some NAF pilot have ratings in different aircrafts, those pilots started their careers as Alpha Jet pilots and maybe for one reason or the other where sent for Typerating course on the said beechcraft. I know someone that is rated on Mi35, Augusta 109, Robinson Helicopter, Tampico and the Beechraft. Shortage of Pilot may be the reason why some Pilots have multiple ratings on different Aircraft.

jpphilips:


Tax laws have nothing to do with the formation of a federation, stop confusing yourself, VAT from beer sales? every bottle of beer is inclusive of VAT so it is added from source, you can as well stop consuming beer so that Kano state won't get alert, the same way we have non-smoking areas but VAT is charged on Cigarette.

DubaiLandLord1:
If we go practice unitary system of government, make we practice am, not this unitary system of government disguise as federal system of government wey we dey practice.

This is the decree that ruined true federalism in Nigeria. Introduced by the Nigerian military.

DubaiLandLord1:
Why can't they recruite more officers then

jpphilips:


Have you ever seen a suicide bomber in Nigeria with a Grenade? why do you need to kill yourself when you can lob it to target?
Considering the plethora of attacks on operatives, command may decide to step up their arms, these ESN/UGM use spiritual bullet proof, I wont be surprised if the police decides to try Grenade for a change.

Whyem15:


What Aregbesola did in Osun state regarding security proves that today's governors are either deliberately sabotaging the security of their states or are simply not concerned about the loss of lives and properties.

Is it the 25 APCs he bought or the harmonized vigilante group he created and supported that is still very functional and involved in crime fighting throughout the state?
And we have some governors who will continue to blame FG and a particular tribe for tragedies they are paid monthly to prevent.

The only sad thing about the APCs gotten by Aregbesola is that many are already in need of spares and as there is no follow up on such policies, we can only fold our hands.
He even bought a helicopter at that time though it was eventually sold when the state was in financial crisis.

bidexiii:



[/b]The so called ‘Unknown Gunmen’ (UGM) that were seen in Owerri metropolis today weren't unknown guumen, locals were even busy hailing them

South East residents should ask some cogent questions from North East resident. I don’t expect sane people to support evil under any disguise.[b] quote from @uncledeji

Whyem15:


Reading a book on the rescue attempt of the chibok girls, the US government was able to get an Sattelite imagery of several people being held hostage around that time. What Sattelite imagery does is to provide visual(and other types depending on the payloads of the satellites) coverage over wide swathes of land and when anything unusual is discovered, the relevant agencies will know where it occurred, the current status, what to expect there and even how it occurred.
High optics Sattelites would have been able to pick up the location of the kidnapped kankara and jangebe students and plan a reasonable rescue mission with the information provided by the Sattelites, but using it during such operations will be a gross underutiilization of the technology when you can use it to detect the camps/groups of criminals and destroy them before such criminals are able to execute such missions.
With satellite imagery, I am able to get information on the defenses of garrisoned towns in the north east.
As for the scenario you are trying to play out, I do not know if there are Sattelites capable of detecting such small numbers but numbers far more than that can certainly be picked up.

yoged:
Do you expect them to be stoning the Unknown Gunmen? Coz I don't understand this. Even in the North , those bailing boko haram were doing that out of fear so they won't shot them

cutievik:
Owerri is trending on Twitter, the feeds from there breaks my heart, how did we get it so wrong in this country? The years of corruption, lack of adequate training, planning for the security of the populace has seen insecurity in alarming levels, taking over the country. One clip caught my attention tho, the policemen came, I saw policeman dismount from Hilux and jeeps, walking casually without cover. We should by now be applying tactics from the NE here, I have seen the tactics of these UGM and I tell you, they aren't hard to counter. At least in that state by now they should have procured nothing less than 4 APC for the police force, two drones and a tactical team of at least 50 CTU well trained men, they would Counter these attacks easily. I can't say much here from Google maps alone, we can counter, block and eliminate threats.

Blueelf:


Improper training fr all pur nation's security personnel are eveudent.

From the army, to the navy and Airforce (except a handful special forces and fighter pilot s), they just lack proper training.

That's what you get when your focus is on planting heads for six months in a rotten place they call depot and beating your chest like it's a normal thing. Tactics? Zero, Movement? Zero, arms? 18th century...

If anybody must quote me and does so with snide remarks and insults, that person will get an earful that he/she will wish he/she was never born. I'm not in a good mood today..

Stormtrooper11:

Call down bro. I understand. The situation is really disheartening and bad. I don't know why they expect so much from officers when the men are unproductive. E no balance. We don't even have a mentality. We lack value and respect for NCOs in Nigeria. We use them as cannon fodder