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Stop Packing Security Personnel Inside Vans Like Sardines; Makes Them Vulnerable To Annihilation, Onanuga Tells Nigerian Army, Police Chiefs, Others
Former Director of Media and Publicity for Tinubu/Shettima Presidential Campaign Council, Bayo Onanuga, has asked the Inspector General of Police, the Chief of Army Staff and the National Security Adviser (NSA) to stop packing Nigerian police officers and soldiers inside vans like sardines.
Onanuga, who said this in a post on X (formerly Twitter) said that packing the security personnel inside security vans like sardines in the name of security patrol makes them easy targets and sitting ducks for annihilation by the enemies.
He asked the security chiefs to drop the idea of using vans and packing up to eight officers inside, describing it as an archaic practice that must be changed immediately.
Onanuga said, "Please stop packing your men inside pick up vans like sardines, in the name of security patrol. They become easy targets and sitting ducks for annihilation by the enemy.
"I wonder why we keep doing the same thing for decades and we keep getting the same tragic result. Drop the idea of using the vans and packing up to eight people inside it.
The idea is archaic and we must change it immediately. Henceforth, buy bulletproof cars for your men to do patrols and put only two of them in each vehicle.
"They will be more nimble-footed if attacked or if they run into ambush like some of your men did today in Ehime Mbano, Imo State. I do not need to be a soldier or a policeman to offer this advice. It's mere common sense."