Phred1717:
NPF would want to tag everything a criminal offense. Maybe the grass is one from a suspect. #cluelessness

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badoh:
So must they transport grasses using hilux? Some of the grasses will fall and litter the express and is that normal

As a concerned citizen, carry broom chase after d hilux d sweep d "express" Na. There a better things to spoil your day over abeg. Just search NL deeply.

This is what the Fulani should be doing for the cows. Come to the south to get grass and transport the feed up north.

naptu2:
This is not the first time that this kind of thread has been created on Nairaland.

https://www.nairaland.com/2568172/see-mounted-nigerian-police-van

Going by what happened the last time, it is necessary to state that there is an arm of the police force called the Nigerian Police Force Mounted Troop. These are policemen who operate on horseback.

They are involved in crowd control, patrolling difficult terrain like beaches, etc. The police also use horses for ceremonies like parades.

Those horses must eat and they eat grass.

Kudos. You shut them up very swiftly.

Yes, this is the system expected when cattle are maintained in ranches in the Southsouth and Southeast. This is necessary when the grasses in the ranches are exhausted, especially in the dry season. No roaming of cattle in farmlands anymore. We need peace. Police has demonstrated a good example for us to follow. I hope to become a grass contractor to ranches in my state. So I reject RUGA. Please no vex with me, I need job,

Thanks to the mods for changing the titles of this thread and the thread that was created after it.

https://www.nairaland.com/5390341/nigerian-police-vehicle-transporting-feed#5390341.12

naptu2:
This is not the first time that this kind of thread has been created on Nairaland.

https://www.nairaland.com/2568172/see-mounted-nigerian-police-van

Going by what happened the last time, it is necessary to state that there is an arm of the police force called the Nigerian Police Force Mounted Troop. These are policemen who operate on horseback.

They are involved in crowd control, patrolling difficult terrain like beaches, etc. The police also use horses for ceremonies like parades.

Those horses must eat and they eat grass.

The issue is the method of transportation. It is a road safety hazard. A covered truck would have been more suitable.

Try this as a civilian and see whether you will not be stopped and fined heavily by VIO and FRSC.

stagger:


The issue is the method of transportation. It is a road safety hazard. A covered truck would have been more suitable.

Try this as a civilian and see whether you will not be stopped and fined heavily by VIO and FRSC.

That's not the issue that I was referring to. This thread and the two other threads had very different headlines when I made that post and what I was reacting to was completely different.

The mods have since changed the headline.

naptu2:


Exactly! They have a barracks at Ikeja and another one on Ribadu Road in Ikoyi. The mounted troop in Ikoyi usually escorted the president on Independence Day and other such occasions.

The picture below caused controversy on Nairaland and many people insulted the police, despite the fact that "Mounted Police Unit Ikoyi" is written on the side of the truck.

Infact, I was disappointed reading all manner of comments. We need orientation in this CORNTREE of ours.

naptu2:


That's not the issue that I was referring to. This thread and the two other threads had very different headlines when I made that post and what I was reacting to was completely different.

The mods have since changed the headline.

So am I right or wrong in saying that this is an inappropriate way to convey feed for horses? Read the FRSC act. Such method of transporting goods is prohibited.

Hitgistnaija:
Here's a viral video of a Police patrol vehicle captured on camera as it's being used to transport grasses on the road.

Watch Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqv-zJiwFfs

https://www.newsbroadcast.com.ng/2019/08/police-patrol-vehicle-captured-on.html

Viral video with 166 views on Youtube?

stagger:


So am I right or wrong in saying that this is an inappropriate way to convey feed for horses? Read the FRSC act. Such method of transporting goods is prohibited.

O God!

That's not the issue. The issue was that some people said that it was a regular patrol vehicle that had been diverted for private business. Some people had started making insinuations about "someone's cattle" and Fulani herdsmen, when in fact that truck belongs to the Mounted Police Unit.

Just to feed their horses.
Police do have many horses.

naptu2:


Exactly! They have a barracks at Ikeja and another one on Ribadu Road in Ikoyi. The mounted troop in Ikoyi usually escorted the president on Independence Day and other such occasions.

The picture below caused controversy on Nairaland and many people insulted the police, despite the fact that "Mounted Police Unit Ikoyi" is written on the side of the truck.

can't blame them, anything called Nigeria police is an abomination cuz of the evil few committed against Nigeria masses

Not a crime that these grasses are transported with Police vans. The only crime is the news being on front page.

ok

Isoduwa:

Which school you go?sef
Or you learn how to read and write on Nairaland?

You are an slowpoke.

You don't know who you quoted?


He's an intellectual.

Show some respect and get out of here with your cheap Chinese phone

if na you use your tundra carry personal stuff this olofo didan go stop you ooo

joseph1832:


many Nigerians don't even know this, heck they don't even know there's a barrack for them at Ikeja.

Don't even have to know about the barracks.... the problem is not knowing what is Mounted Police Unit....boldly written on the door. Ignorant bloggers hoping to blow.

AgentGoat:




You are an slowpoke.

You don't know who you quoted?


He's an intellectual.

Show some respect and get out of here with your cheap Chinese phone

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Isoduwa:


Nigga please I'm using iPhone Xm don't talk to me like that do you know who my father is?
I take care you

You and your father is an slowpoke.

Mumu

AgentGoat:




You and your father is an slowpoke.

Mumu

You say?

naptu2:


Exactly! They have a barracks at Ikeja and another one on Ribadu Road in Ikoyi. The mounted troop in Ikoyi usually escorted the president on Independence Day and other such occasions.

The picture below caused controversy on Nairaland and many people insulted the police, despite the fact that "Mounted Police Unit Ikoyi" is written on the side of the truck.

Shouldn't there be a dedicated vehicle for this?

teelaw4life:


Shouldn't there be a dedicated vehicle for this?

There's nothing wrong with using a pickup truck to haul grass. That's one of the things that pickup trucks were designed for. Those vehicles also belong to the Police Mounted Unit (read what's written on the side of the truck), so it's not like they used regular patrol vehicles to carry grass. The problem in this case is that they dumped too much grass in the truck (overloading) and that the load wasn't properly fastened to prevent it from spilling from the truck or impairing other road users.

For clarity sake.

1) Trucks are designed to haul goods. That's one of their main purposes. Many farms have pickup trucks that are used to haul hay, farm produce and equipment.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10142006_agrass_jpegd5d6264245cad86c2062c52393e8c614

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2) That truck is not a regular police patrol vehicle. Read what's written on the side of the vehicle. It belongs to the Nigerian Police Mounted Unit.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10133352_img20190830101954421_jpegcf10dc358b268242d6875c0428ee011e

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3) The Mounted Police is a unit of the Nigerian Police Force. Officers and men of the Mounted Police operate on horseback. They are involved in crowd control (at sports events, political rallies and other such events that have a lot of people), policing street processions, policing areas that have a difficult terrain (e.g. beaches) and police horses are also used in parades and other ceremonial purposes (e.g. escorting the president on Independence Day).



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4) The grass in that truck is used to feed police horses. They are not used for the private business of policemen or their bosses, they are not for Fulani herdsmen or any such civilian group. The grass is used to feed police horses.


5) The mods changed the title of this thread so that it would reflect the fact that the truck belongs to the mounted police and that the grass is going to be used to feed police horses. The original title of the thread did not reflect that fact and that's why many posters on the first page had to explain the purpose of the truck and grass. There have been many similar threads in which people made all sorts of wild allegations, e.g. this one https://www.nairaland.com/5390341/nigerian-police-vehicle-transporting-feed


6) There's nothing strange about this practice. It's done around the world. This is a Chicago Police Department pickup truck hauling grass for their mounted police unit after a Thanksgiving parade. Note the hay on the back of the pickup truck, on the floor and on the payloader.

www.nairaland.com/attachments/10142785_38542666666649c6035bdb_jpegd6fc983d89d14a57bed080cddd3a15ae


7) The problem in this case is that they dumped too much grass in the truck (overloading) and that the load wasn't properly fastened to prevent it from spilling from the truck or impairing other road users.

naptu2:


There's nothing wrong with using a pickup truck to haul grass. That's one of the things that pickup trucks were designed for. Those vehicles also belong to the Police Mounted Unit (read what's written on the side of the truck), so it's not like they used regular patrol vehicles to carry grass. The problem in this case is that they dumped too much grass in the truck (overloading) and that the load wasn't properly fastened to prevent it from spilling from the truck or impairing other road users.

While I agree with you on the part that there's nothing wrong with using a pick-up to move hay for the force's horses, I'd like to state that, that isn't my point.
You've shown me examples of pick-ups being used to move grass, but those are clearly unmarked trucks. Can you show me any example of an open police truck being used to move grass for their horses -apart from Nigeria and other African countries?

teelaw4life:


While I agree with you on the part that there's nothing wrong with using a pick-up to move hay for the force's horses, I'd like to state that, that isn't my point.
You've shown me examples of pick-ups being used to move grass, but those are clearly unmarked trucks. Can you show me any example of an open police truck being used to move grass for their horses -apart from Nigeria and other African countries?

Please explain what is wrong with using a mounted police truck (mounted police = police on horses) to carry feed for police horses. This is not a patrol vehicle (mounted police do not patrol in trucks). What's wrong with it??

naptu2:


Please explain what is wrong with using a mounted police truck (mounted police = police on horses) to carry feed for police horses. This is not a patrol vehicle (mounted police do not patrol in trucks). What's wrong with it??

You keep saying mounted as though it stands for "grass moving vehicle".It's only stating the division of the force to which the vehicle belongs.
This is like saying it's okay for patrol vans to use their vehicles to move corpses of criminals killed in gunfire.

It is not befitting of the force to transport horse feed in such a open manner, and that's what's wrong with it. Show me any other country that utilizes "mounted police" truck to transport grass and I'll hold my peace.

teelaw4life:


You keep saying mounted as though it stands for "grass moving vehicle".It's only stating the division of the force to which the vehicle belongs.
This is like saying it's okay for patrol vans to use their vehicles to move corpses of criminals killed in gunfire.

It is not befitting of the force to transport horse feed in such a open manner, and that's what's wrong with it. Show me any other country that utilizes "mounted police" truck to transport grass and I'll hold my peace.

This what you still refuse to understand. THEY ARE NOT PATROL VEHICLES. Mounted police do not patrol in trucks.

Those trucks are like company trucks. Mounted police trucks are used to haul horses and horse feed. They are used to haul equipment for the horses. They are not used to patrol the streets!

You have refused to state what's wrong with using mounted police trucks to haul horse feed, except for the fact that you are not used to it, because there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If there was you would have stated it.

naptu2:


This what you still refuse to understand. THEY ARE NOT PATROL VEHICLES. Mounted police do not patrol in trucks.

Those trucks are like company trucks. Mounted police trucks are used to haul horses and horse feed. They are used to haul equipment for the horses. They are not used to patrol the streets!

You have refused to state what's wrong with using mounted police trucks to haul horse feed, except for the fact that you are not used to it, because there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If there was you would have stated it.

No where did i state or suggest or infer that mounted trucks are patrol trucks. Please don't miscontrue or twists my assertions. I am saying for the sake of civility, you do not use a police vehicle (mounted or otherwise) to transport grass in such an open manner.
Notice how in your latest pictures, they have attached carriages despite the trucks having space for carrying grass. That's what I'm talking about.
I've tried looking up the Force Mounted Troop of the Nigeria Police to see if i can gather additional info about the departments' assets and uses but no dice.
I don't have the time, if not I'd have gone to their office to clarify things.
No where in the world will the police place grass in the back of their pickup trucks. If they're transporting feed, then it has to be done properly.