By Udesinanna Stephen
Director Media and Publicity, Tinubu/Shettima Campaign, Bayo Onanuga has called on Nigerian military and paramilitary to purchase bulletproof cars and stop overloading pickup vans with troops rather 2 in each van.
Bayo made the call in an open letter to the Military and paramilitary in the country and published via his X handle @aonanuga1956.
This is coming following an attack by Gunmen in Umualumaku village, Ehime Mbano Local Government, Imo state, that left eight security personnel dead, including soldiers, police officers, and members of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Imo.
Bayo 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.” He noted.
Advising the Nigeria Forces, he said,
“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.”