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1. You used "he", which was a dubious attempt to over-credit him to back a weak point. That is as dubious as saying Efan Ekoku is the hero that won Nigerian the 1994 ANC.
2. Approach it cautiously, with fear, otherwise do not approach it at all. You don't think it is senseless to approach a suspected bomb casually like if you are made of steel?
3. We don't know what happened but if he was detailed, he should refuse without the right gear (although I know Nigeria is different). He can refuse based on no gear or not being qualified. If he was qualified, I am sure he would not approach the package like that because anyone qualified knows bombs can be detonated remotely and will not think it is safe to approach for reconnaissance. Why can't you just shoot at a bag? How will shooting at a bag "inside a town" turn the country to a place "like a war zone"?
4. You don't get it. The situation was under control until he went there. The package was identified. The place was evacuated. Everything was safe until he went there. It was not a danger to anyone, so no need to rush like a fooool to go and check it without the right equipment or at least some precaution. That was not heroic, that was foolish.

1. I used "he" because he was part of the security forces.
2. How casual is casual?
3. How can he refuse order from his superior for not having the right gear when the gear is not available in the inventory of the NPF? (It seems you are completely oblivious of the state of equipment in our security forces). If you have not done reconnaissance, how do you determine what it is and how to go about defusing or disposing it? {

Why can't you just shoot at a bag

?}. I can't just imagine how many bags will be shot at in a day. LWKMD.

It was not a danger to any one?

4.   Your comment shocked me. Why are you talking of equipment that does not exist in NPF inventory?

Bros, you dey naija at all?  oh! sorry o, the bobo dey LONDON. No wonderrrrr!!!

For all those insulting this man, curses and evil will reign supreme in their lives and in the lives of their entire family in the name of the creator of the universe and the almighty God in Jesus name Amen.
Sgt Badang is a member of the special police anti-bomb unit and with the confidence he exhibited it is obvious he has been detonating bombs before this unfortunate incident. Nigerian Police are the only ones in the world that diffuse IED's with their bare hands(the most dangerous act on earth) despite their inadequacies but, they still do it just to protect their fellow countrymen and women. For all the fooolish peeps out here, you will notice pics of policemen detonating bombs with just hand gloves in Kano after boko haram kano attacks(NPF diffused more than 1000 bombs in kano alone without any special kit).
That bomb was detonated by someone watching from the crowd with either a Gsm phone or a bomb detonating device.

I do not have regards for the Nigerian police before, but with the actions of this eternal hero, I will forever be proud of the Nigerian Police. No matter their deficiencies they still keep the country protected. Why are Nairalanders so evil, so wicked, so heartlessly foolish. He died for others to live and paid the supreme sacrifice.

SERGENT SUNDAY BADANG
YOU DIED FOR NIGERIA !
YOU DIED FOR PEACE!
YOU DIED FOR HUMANITY!
YOUR DEATH IS A VICTORY OVER bokoharam!
WE (TRUE NIGERIANS) WILL ALWAYS LOVE, REMEMBER AND PRAY FOR YOU!


The Nigerian government must immortalise this man and take care of his entire family, as for me for the rest of my life i will personally watch out for any "Badang" and do to them any good favour I can ever afford with the hope that he or she is related to this great man SERGENT SUNDAY BADANG.



Almighty God,In Your Infinite Love and Goodness receive SERGENT SUNDAY BADANG in your bosom and grant him eternal heritage in your kingdom in The Mighty Name Of Jesus, AMEN!.

Great post here.

Adieu, Sgt Badang.

We all know there's a lot of decay as you put it. But you don't get blown to pieces by collecting your certificate under a tree! You can even have your certificated typed on a cardboard paper and still go home later and have dinner with your family, that is way better than having your life snuffed out in an instant.

You can as well suggest that all the security forces in Nigeria should go on strike or stage a protest for poor or lack of equipment to work with. Is this a bad idea?

You are absolutely lying to yourself.

What can be reasonably deduced from the video clip was:

1. The security officers ensured people where far from the object. Stop giving him dubious credit.
2. He went casually, irresponsibly and foolhardily to a dangerous device to not carry out reconnaissance but to (mostly) casually attempt to stop it amidst euphoric cheers from illiterates around him.
3. You don't know what was available to him. Someone pointed to possibly more equipped people approaching at 1.38m. Lets even imagine nothing was available to him, people have suggested shooting the bag. Even just show some little sense of danger awareness by taking a metal shield would have made me give him more respect.
4. If he did not move close, there was no danger or threat to life. He could have waited for a good plan to be deduced.

There is nothing heroic about his actions, he was casually stewpid and you should be OUTRAGED that that is the quality of the brain power of individuals your government is giving guns to go around the country.

1. Are you saying the police man is not a security officer?
2. How is he supposed to approach the suspected object? Running, hopping, crawling, rolling or what?
3. How are you sure he was not detailed for the task by his superior? And for your information, you don't just shoot at a bag you don't know the content, merely on suspicion and inside a town for that matter. If the police do, then, the whole country will be like a war zone, causing more fear among the citizens.
4. If there was no danger to lives, why should the material be suspected in the first place?

To conclude, I don't think the policeman wanted to show heroism but only responded to the call of duty, with or without necessary equipment which is the situation with the security forces in Nigeria.
Bros, let's leave the issue like that. It has happened and it has happened. It is a professional hazard. May his soul rest in peace.

P.S: Please, help campaign for our security men to be properly equipped. The Nigerian security forces are determined to perform.

What he did was totally unnecessary and dumb, yes somebody had to do it. Also, somebody have to fix electric power lines as well, but you don't see anybody messing around with live wires with their bare hands.
He violated the first law of nature, even when he didn't have to; like jumping in a river to save a drowning person or running into a burning building to save a little old lady.
Nobody was in any imminent danger at that point until he decided he could somehow survive an exploding bomb. Verdict; Dumb.

Are you also saying that even our "learned" friends are dumber for accepting to collect call to bar letters under a tree?: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-872494.0.html

Yes o, my bros, that is how they are supposed to be dressed, but what if they are not provided with such in Naija? Abeg, don't blame that man, blame our country (leaders) who refused to provide. After all, our lawyers also collect call to bar letters under tree. Check here: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-872494.0.html

The front page of two national newspapers today (Guardian & Punch of 15th Feb 2012) carried the unthinkable: pictures of lawyers collecting their call to bar certificates under trees ! Over 2 decades ago I received mine in the cosy V.I Main Lecture theatre when the D-G Mr Ibironke called my full names and Kayode Esho JSC as he then was presented me my certificate. Has our country descended into such a filthy pit?

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That is the state of the nation. This is the more reason why you should not blame the police man that was not well equipped for bomb/IED disposal who was blown up a few days ago in Kaduna. May be the  lawyers should have refused to collect their certificates under a tree, abi?.

Things have really decayed in Nigeria, courtesy of our leaders. Sad. 

Did you see any iota of organised method to his attempt at a suspect package or did you see display of casual stupidity?

Within his ability and equipment available to him, yes.

1. He ensured people where far from the object, because object was found in a built up area with a lot of human activities.
2. He went alone for reconnassance of the suspect object.
3. Using the available equipment to him, which is the hand held metal detector, he frisked the bag to confirm whether it contained metal.
4. He noticed that the mouth of  bag was tied, and so on------.

My brother, IED/Bombs is a big topic which can not be exhausted here on the forum. However, if you want to know more goggle the words. You will learn about types of bombs/IEDS, reconnaisance of suspected IED/BOMB object; Methods of disposal which includes manual, mechanical and by use of explosive, and under these, a lot more sub-methods are available. Please, let me stop here.

Professional hazard does not respect expertise or whatever, when it wants to happen. It was just unfortunate that he died, and if I may ask, how else should a  bomb disposal expert die?

May his soul rest in peace.

  Cake refused?. Hell has no fury like an oil magnate snubbed.

This poor policeman gave his life so that public can continue about their business in safety and all you useless people can do, is criticise his brave action.

Do you think if a robot or a bomb suit had been available he would have refused to use it?
Even a bomb suit would not have protect against such a powerful bomb at close quarters.

So to those criticising him and the police, would you rather he did nothing and allowed more public lives to be endangered?

May you R.I.P. Sir.

Good points @ the highlighted.

I am sorry for people yarning nonsense (talking theory) on this thread without reference to the sorry state of leadership in Nigeria as a whole.

Adieu, my gallant policeman.

Tell him that he has a beautiful spouse in his profile.

Its hot now at start, can anyone give me the ig number that was pasted here like few weeks ago

IGP MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR
08077446699
08102555581

These numbers are direct lines to IG. -Send SMS only, please.

When reporting a case, quote the following:
- Location of incident
- Vehicle identification number if any:
- the Officer(s) name and personal number (Always get this from their chest tags).
-Time:
-Local Govt area:
-State:
-Type of useful information: Extortion of money,illegal road block/Check points e.t.c

"Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be."

George Sheehan

A step in the right direction.

That's my man.

A welcome back hug.

I Never Knew I Eat

NEVER

Oh! poor souls.

Don't you think he is just welcoming you back from AWOL?

Yes, we are getting there. We must reach the final destination of this ministry. Join the ministry and be part of the history.

May the pips be with you.

You people should stop feigning ignorance of the reality on ground due to corruption in the country and stop blaming the poor gallant policeman, without such willing patroits, Nigeria will be without a security agency.

I hope the hawks will not snatch this chick.

Please, what quantity can N100k buy?

Please, what is the address of the Nigerian with the laptop charger?

Indeed. Totally pointless and needless death. Are we now not fully immersed in a campaign of continous bombing and terrorism? Why does this officers action not reflect that we have a common policy approach, even basically close to the minimum accepted worldwide, for a Nation under terrorist siege?

Why should a Police officer, even with the right bomb deactivation training, approach a suspected bomb with no protective clothing and equipment whatsoever? Is this not a situation that automatically requires sending in a bomb detonation robot? It is not Rocket Science but this is the result, year in year out, of how we shun merit to recruit mediocrities into the most influential positions in the land. RIP to the officer but his death was more an indictment of how f.cked up Nigeria is than anything else.

Blame the country not the policeman. Our leaders are shameless that is why most of them die in hospitals abroad.

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By being wise not silly .I refuse to belive that with all the experience of the last couple of years the Nigeria Police (with all the cooperation we have been getting  from other nations vastly experienced in such issues) does not have the MINIMUM recomended bomb disposal unit ORder of BATtle(ORBAT)  as well as standard PROTOCOL (operational guidelines).He should have stayed clear until he was properly kitted.What he did was the eqvivalent of walking into a known bobbytrapped room seeing a string running to a pump action rifle positioned pointing your way and jerking the string to see what the gun will do or worse yet playing russian roulette with a revolver loaded with at least 3 slugs.
IF that is how to serve the motherland then that motherland does not deserve to exist.
That man was no hero, his death while sad was POINTLESS ,NEEDLESS AND WASTEFULL. There is a TIME and CIRCUMSTANCE to die for ones country, this is not by a long shot ANY of Either.

Hmmnn. Man, you speak as if you are not a Nigerian or doesn't know how our so-call leaders treat us. By saying that the policeman was silly and shouldn't have gone near the suspected bomb object without the right equipment, you are invariably  saying that all security personnel should go back to their fathers houses because no security outfit in Nigeria has the minimum equipment. Forget ORBAT and Operational guidelines; in Nigerian context, those are mere  poems recited to exite the spirit of the men.

Belated val peck.

True but sad. The military and other security agencies are grossly under equipped. I tell you, some senators have more security gadgets in their houses and offices than our national security agencies. It's our way. So sad.

How on GOD's green earth can one work in an antibomb squad and not know the first thing about "Bomb Disposal".
Never handle suspected explosive material without required gear:drone and or specialised body amour.
This mans NEEDLESS death tells us a chilling story about the training and equipping of the men/women who are supposed to protect us: grossly abysimal.
Things he could have learnt basics from u-tube and a number of reasonable movies.IF he was taught those fundamentals and he
broke protocol then his blood is on his head.If the equipment/gear was enroute and he did not deem it fit to wait trusting in somegood luck or some odieshi talisman what can we say?
May his sole rest in peace.

I suspect it was a timed bomb or IED.
From my observation, the policeman only went to inspect or investigate what the material was. Sad that the policeman got there on the nick of programmed activation time.

Are you serious?

The police officer approached what was a suspected bomb with the highest form of carelessness and nonchalance costing him his life and now you want him to be honored? There was absolutely nothing heroic about his feat indeed it was steeped in stupidity. Thankfully his death was instantaneous and he probably didn't know what killed him. It only calls to question the kind of training the members of the police bomb squad are given. In all it is a big disgrace to the Nigeria Police Force, nothing deserving of eulogies.

Are you kidding me? Please, what is the right way to approach a suspected bomb material?

Have a look at this. Even if he rest on the bomb. The highest can happen is injury.

The above only shows a bomb disposal expert standing some distance from the point of impact. He can not be harmed from the blast and shockwave of the explosion. Of course, any body at that distance will be safe  with or without PPE. You can't compare man up there with the one in Kaduna who was inspecting the material at very close proximity, in fact handling the material when it took off. Even the Bankok bomb expert with all his PPE will not survive a direct impact of explosion (blast and shockwave).

Above is not to undermine the use of  right equipment and PPE by professionals. I only want to say that it was just unfortunate that  the Kaduna police had a direct impact of the explosion.

May his soul rest in  peace.

Eyaa. The poor gurl has learnt the corrupt act from his corrupt leaders.