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Nowadays the army does police work, the mobile police (that is meant for riots and crowd control) does bodyguard work, the SSS also do police work, Lastma is involved in emergency management, etc. It's just duplication of functions. |
The functions of the police and the NSCDC are quite different (at least they were before the military decided to make all security agencies identical). If you say the level of training, salaries and bosses at the NSCDC are better, then all you need to do is improve the salaries, level of training and quality of superiors in the police force. It doesn't mean that you should scrap the police force (that's an impossibility anyway). The Civil Defence is not meant to be made up of a large body of full time officers. The basic idea of the NSCDC is of the citizens (civilian population) defending themselves. Most of the members of the civil defence are meant to be residents of the community who have other jobs (security guards, teachers, doctors, etc), but who have volunteered to take up tasks like fire-fighting, intelligence gathering, conflict resolution/mediation in their community. They attend training sessions at weekends and are usually the first responders when there are incidents like fires, burglaries, etc (because they live in the community). They are not meant to carry firearms. However, they should have their fire extinguishers, gas masks, battons and should be trained in unarmed combat and crowd control. They usually gather intelligence (strange people, drugs, etc in the community) and pass on to their superiors who inform the police/government, so that action can be taken before the situation escalates. It is easy for them to do this because they live in the community, know the people in the community and are well known themselves (people can confidently tell them things that they'll be too scared to tell the police). This is the way it was in the 1980s when my guard was a member of the NSCDC. This is the way it was during world war 2 when my grand father was a member. This is the way it was before the military decided to make all security agencies identical. |
Watermelon: See Obama walking to church with his family from the white houseAnd it took me a while to realise that the cameramen are in on the act. There are these two SSS bodyguards (I'll call them gorilla number 1 and gorilla number 2). They were probably the best bodyguards in Nigeria (they protected the president during the Abacha, Abdulsalam and Obasanjo era). In 1999 when Bill Clinton visited Nigeria these guys stuck to Obasanjo like glue. However, if you watch american tv networks' coverage of the visit, you would not see these guys at all. The cameramen took very close shots that screened out the bodyguards. I can't remember what the event was, but there was a clip of Obama and Cameron disembarking from Air Force One and Boarding Marine One. It was a rainy day and they both carried umbrellas. Now, if you watch .... I think it was CNN's coverage, it looked like there were no bodyguards. I later watched an amateur photographer's coverage of the same scene (on youtube). There were bodyguards all around them and snipers on the rooftops. The bodyguards stood at a distance and the cameraman took close up shots with his zoom lens. Again, when Clinton addressed the National Assembly in Abuja, Senator Khairat Gwadabe did everything that she could do to shake Clinton's hand, but his Secret Service guards pushed her out of the way (they physically manhandled her). That didn't appear on the network's coverage of the event. |
Why's that guy holding a bell? |
I remember the visit to the Mr Biggs outlet. The staff wanted to put President Obasanjo at the head of the queue, but he declined and went to the back of the queue. The girl in front of him kept trying to look back (from the corners of her eyes). Obasanjo then sat down with some school girls and their mother. He ate and joked with them (in his usual manner). |
Yazmin: Am sure som1 helped u to register and log unto NL..gawd!!! Did u attend elementary school. ![]() |
naptu2: [size=14pt]Finally, OBJ Kicks off his campaign![/size] |
Ojo Maduekwe riding to FEC meeting. www.nairaland.com/attachments/775157_Ojo20Maduekwe20bicycle_jpg405cf70723099f0d4a6d05dd118e1ee9 Rochas buying corn. [img]http://3.bp..com/-t4-e_viT2Wc/T-uYFUs2zbI/AAAAAAAABLo/xjp3Zhe6CQ0/s1600/governor+rochas.jpg[/img] Rochas pushing truck. https://hotnaijanews.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/Rochas-Okorocha-pushes-truck1.jpg Fashola mobbed by crowd at carnival. [img]https://www.nairaland.com/attachments/1047882_IMG01626-20130401-1539_jpge4f5db88fed3632f9ac9adca1f8e4709[/img] |
Nigerian leaders pull this kind of stunt all the time. In 1987 the Golden Eaglets defeated Italy to get to the finals of the world cup (the match was played in the middle of the night). General Babangida came out of Dodan Barracks (with only two bodyguards) to shake hands with people who were celebrating the victory. He regularly drove around town without any guards at all. Colonel Marwa stopped at the roadside to buy akara, when there were rumours of killer beans. Ojo Maduekwe rode to Federal Executive Council meetings on a bicycle. Rochas Okorocha bought corn at the roadside and helped to push a broken down truck (before the tow truck arrived). General Idiagbon used to drive around town without any guards and personally arrest bribe taking policemen and people selling fuel illegally. I saw Colonel Oyinlola (who, I believe, is the worst governor in the history of Lagos) arrive a venue in a battered old car and without any escorts or even a driver. And there are many more instances. |
Campos Square are always led by a guy in a wheel chair.
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As usual the governor decided to walk into the arena from the gate that's farthest from the VIP stand. And as usual, the crowd went crazy when he walked in. People came down from the stands onto the arena floor and tried to mob the governor. The security guys had a difficult time trying to keep the crowd at bay. The crowd cheered and the governor waved back. I was pleasantly surprised that the crowd applauded after the national anthem was played. There were reminders of the bad old days of the 80s and 90s though. Some people tried to follow the governor into the VIP enclosure and the mobile policemen released a canister of tear-gas to send them back. I left the venue late in the evening, but someone who stayed back said that he left the venue when he started hearing gunshots. He had no idea who was shooting or what they were shooting at. Otherwise it was fun all through, characterised by drinking, eating and dancing.
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In fact, I saw something similar yesterday, when Governor Fashola decided to walk into the TBS main arena, despite the fact that the crowd were trying to mob him. He was smiling and waving. However, when he got into the VIP enclosure and the crowd were trying to follow him in, the mobile policemen released a canister of teargas to prevent them from going in. I wish I had the video of President Obasanjo and the President of Liberia going to the market in Abuja and to a Mr Biggs outlet to buy snacks. |
ninja4life: Even though it might be for publicity dat Cameron is boarding a train i dont tink a local government chairman dat travel in convoy can board a plane talkless of d president who blocks d road just because he wants to pass a road will tink of boarding d 20th century train we are celebrating even if a state governor should try boarding a train i trust nairalanders will criticize dat its just 4 cheap publicity.i can see some gej supporter criticizing it as a media propaganda but if gej should do d same heaven will let loose dat gej is nigerias best president bunch of hypocritesIf it's about riding in a train, you should know that President Babangida rode the train from Lagos to Ibadan (after inspecting the made in Nigeria J5 trains) circa 1989/1992. I think GEJ also rode the train to Abeokuta. |
Obasanjo also flew commercial (British Airways) a couple of times (when the National Assembly refused to appropriate money for the purchase of a new presidential jet). |
eastOFwest: And you think David Cameron is not chauffeured around in a bullet proofed vehicle? I laugh in posh haughty queen's english.I remember that Jmaine said the same thing on the other thread. |
Something similar has been posted before. I remember that I posted pics of Ojo Madueke riding a bicycle to work, Olusegun Obasanjo at MR Biggs, Rochas buying corn, etc. Oh wait! I remember. It was David Cameron in a train on his way to watch events at the 2012 olympics. |
yuzedo: Aare Musiwa can does it, i trust him! Vote Musiwa for Presindet 2015!Co-signed. |
Does anybody know why workers at the National Library are on strike? |
ITbomb: Which much accumulation can cause cancer.Hahahahahahahahahahhahahahahahahha! ![]() |
forbisi: @op, all d interjections in pidgin is dry, not humorous and highly unnecessary.I ABSOLUTELY LOVE them! Different strokes for different folks. @ Iyaniwura: keep it up. ![]() |
Ishilove: Why do I feel like we are in a classroom here...?Aha! Classroom. A person who is addicted to cigarettes is actually addicted to and dependent on nicotine. It's easier for us to relate to because the chemical is ingested (it exists outside and is brought into the body by the action of smoking). When you have sex/an orgasm, certain chemicals are released in the body ( eg Dopamine, Norepinephrine, Oxytocin, and Serotonin) and you can easily become addicted to them in the same way you can become addicted to nicotine. |
ITbomb: But she is still a 'virgin'Yep! Virgins have hormones too. |
Chilo knows that the addiction can destroy her, but anytime she meets Fola, "that thing" pulls her hand and takes her to places that she doesn't want to go. (By "that thing" I mean the urge). |
Mucokey: Surprise! Surprise!!... Ishi has done it again ooh , buh this time in quick succession...thanks to the Easter break.Fola re-ignites the fire that she's trying to suppress. Think about it this way. A man is addicted to alcohol. He manages to break the addiction. Then he has this friend who always shows up at his house with a bottle of gin. That friend would be his nemesis. Garth Brooks sang a song titled "Long Neck Bottle". The lyrics go. Longneck bottle, let go of my hand |
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