Bayo Onanuga, ex-media director of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) presidential campaign council, has called on security agencies
to acquire bulletproof vehicles for operatives on patrol.
On Tuesday morning, gunmen killed some security operatives
and burnt their patrol vehicles in Oriagu, Ehime-Mbano LGA of Imo state.
The personnel were patrolling the Aba-branch Oriagu in
Ehime-Mbano road when the gunmen ambushed them and killed over six joint task
force officers.
In a post on his official X page, Onanuga said the tradition of packing security operatives into ordinary vehicles in the name of patrols, exposes them to the enemy.
“Dear IGP, Chief of Army Staff, NSA, please stop packing
your men inside pick up vans like sardines, in the name of security patrol,” he
said.
“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 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.”
I thought people get wiser wen u get older? Imo state is unsafe bcus the government of the day is not the peoples choice. It’s a supreme court Govt, forced on the people of imo state. Secondly wia will d supreme court governor get money to buy bullet proof cars for security agents and how many will he buy? Security is not just d work of security operatives alone, the masses have a major role to play wen it comes to intelligence gathering, then why will d people offer intelligence when the government is not their choice? So lets pray the peoples choice gets into power in imo state then the insecurity will die a natural death. It’s just a pity innocent soldiers and policemen are sacrificial lamb.
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