Over 48 hours after the 50-man armed robbery gang stormed FESTAC and robbed two banks in gestapo style, the police in Lagos Thursday said their appeal for help to the Nigerian Navy (NN) and Nigerian Air Force (NAF) did not yield results.
Speaking on anonymity, senior police officers told THISDAY that they had radioed first for help from the Navy in Lagos, when the armed robbers struck that morning, but got no favourable response.
According to the sources, the navy had told them (the police), that even their smallest vessel cannot access the canal since it's too shallow, adding that they should seek help from the Air Force.
Similarly, the police had allegedly sought for the air power of the Airforce to assist in pursuing the suspects as they made their getaway through the canal.
The senior police officers also claimed that the Air Force had not outrightly rejected to help, rather they were told to contact NAF headquarters for clearance.
When contacted, the Director Navy Information (DINFO), Commodore Aliyu Kabiru, said "The NN is constitutionally responsible in defending the nation's territorial intergrity by sea. Thus, the Navy operates in the open seas.
50 man gang?
ReplyDeleteBuahahhhahahahhahahaha
DeleteSo if navy n army didn't come, everything will be on stand still!
May God have mercy on nigeria
Deziani has billions of dollars and the NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE DOES NOT HAVE BOATS OR HELICOPTERS??????!!!!!!!! What a fucking country!!!!!!! What a fucking SHIT of a COUNTRY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WooooooooooOoooooooooooW!!!!!!!!!!! Do u realize how ridiculous any of this would sound if it was anywhere else in the world???????? But in Nigeria...MADNESS is nothing. This so called 40 man team of robbers should have been blocked on the water or tracked thru air which would have made their escape impossible. But noooooooooo! Not in naija. This guys killed a baby girl who was innocently laying in her bed..and her mother. Yet they have gone Scott free. Fuck this country.
DeleteNaija na real PLANET of THE APES.
DeleteAnon: 8:38
DeleteIf we have a million people who are angry, like the way you are, over the way things are being run in this pathetic excuse of a country, things would normalise by force. I echo your anger, well done.
Idiot anon, u just had to bring diezani into dis abi???
DeleteMadam Eka,is Diezani ur mother or your boss?
Delete@ Eka joy, u fucking bastard....yes I brought Deziani into this becos your father is too broke for me to mention. I will bring every one into this who carry tens of thousands around in their purse while the country lacks the bare necessities. I will bring everyone into this who contribute to the downfall of my beloved country at the detriment of the population. Finally I will bring churchrats like you with suffer head mentality who are not enlightened enough to know what is wrong from right and how things work in a civilized world. I'm very sure someone in whatever cursed bush you hail from knows someone who knows someone else who has watched someone else on TV that has traveled abroad...kindly try to trace this individual and find out how things are run in modern societies. Fucking bastard coming at me with that bullshit. Fuck you and fuck that Deziani thieving bitch. GTFOH.
DeleteEka joy na you be the biggest idiot. Out of everything them talk for here...na Deziani wey thief all ya money u fit bring comot? You are truly a female baboon
DeleteEKA JOY.......FUCK DIEZANI ONE MILLION TIMES OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
DeleteCHAI!!!!!!! Eka Joy you should go bury your head in the sand. Anon 8:38 finished you completely. Next time you will watch who you mouth off at on blogs. Next time try to approach your neighborhood bricklayer for an intellectual discussion.
DeleteOuuucchhh!!! See finishing
DeleteEka dem say trace abroad person
As u never fit to reach airport
Kikikikiki Kikikikikiki
**Adaorah**
Chooooooooi!!!!!!!! Eka Ndo :))
DeleteSee finishing of life!!!!!!!! Nne Eka u nor try o! Why u open ur mouth when butter people dey talk na...u nor know ur level?
DeleteSee the guy English levels sef. Gaddemit
Deletelet's hear from the navy and air force too.
ReplyDeleteOdiegwu. Increase their salary and equip them well, then they will do their job. U dont expect a police man whose monthly salary is nothing to write home about to go and fight with the arm robbers. Even most of the police men are old men who are suppose to go for retirement even their ogas at the top. Those thieves are wel equiped and you will never compare their Gun with that of nigeria police.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing, nigeria police need to be well trained and not just employing them base on waec level but they need to undergo military training and if possible seminars should be organized for them about tactics they can use to deal with thieves.
Nigeria is a messed up country where eye service and the itiboribos are getting the good positions because they are connected and not base on certificate so what do u expect at the end. The army/police should be paid well and equipped cos no one will like to die like that and not like their family will be taken good care of.
True talk
DeleteGbam! You have said it all.
DeleteYou look like someone I know in unn
DeleteDo u know how much a police officer earns right now?
DeleteAs it is, evwn if u give them 1m monthly they still wouldnt do their jobs. Same way nigerians rarely obey road signs if they know there is no one to apprehend them.
Its also not so much about equipment, as superior training beats superior weapons. I know the police have helicopters in lagos so why wasnt it deployed? Am sure there wasnt aviation fuel in it despite appropriation. The police needs total rebranding, reformation, both physically, socially and mentally.
Moreover, no insurance to cover them if dey die!!!
DeleteBaba needs to focus on military welfare.......
Please your first paragraph is absolutely nonsense, were they(police officers) forced to join the police or were they forced to remain there. They are useless, even if you pay these guys N1m everyday and give them the best weapon, a pig will for ever remain a pig. NPF needs a total overhaul pure and simple. Their counterparts in other countries, how much are they paid? But still, manage to be efficient.
DeleteTuscany, that's a lie. Those ppl earn peanuts. See d houses they give dem to live. I was discussing with a lady in a bus why I do not blame police for collecting 20naira and 50naira from people.
DeleteWhy wouldn't they?
Eka whatever, why would they collect money from people when they are being paid by the government? I agree their salary is nothing to write home about but if they are not satisfied with it,then should resign. Nobody forced them to join d NPF in the first place. So we stop trying to justify nonsense........
DeleteNigerian police are not properly equipped neither are they properly taken care of. Reasons they will never work in accordance with their motto- to serve and protect.
DeleteThese men in uniform live in shacks as quarters. Messed up environment and all of that yet we expect so much from them. I do not entirely blame them, I blame the government.
Take your mind back to when a reporter (from channels I think) did a documentary/photo splash on the NPF. Their wages, environment etc. Dafuq these guys are living in a hell hole. Now what did the past president say when he saw all of those pictures?
" why did they allow the media publicize these?"
I mean...it was his administration. What effort was made to right the wrong? Rather he frowned at the expose.
Bomkom! Smh.
The police will be our friend when the govt makes their living conditions somewhat better.
A happy man is willing to help and make others smile.
An angry man is full of bitterness and only expresses what he feels to others.
This Eka babe is soo daft. Prides herself in making senseless statements? Please who gave birth to you????
DeleteWe do not have security in this country simple. Why didn't they ask boko haram for help. They should scrap NPF or do a complete overhaul and retrain them.
ReplyDeleteSeconded!
DeleteLook at their useless long story o, when they had an emergency at hand? See them shifting blame o. So if the air force or marine whatever force cannot supply a carriage thru the same route the thieves used, it means that the robbers are more equipped than they are.. what a shame. And the police should shut up, they are the first point of contact to the citizenry when such attacks happen.. instead of making frantic calls and wasting time for 2hours, why didn't they go with their guns to combat the thieves whilst the air force decides how to help them? So they were in their offices arguing, whilst innocent people were dying?? Smh
ReplyDeleteOf course, they will pass the buck as usual.Though a few times i sympathise with them, most times I don't.
DeleteThese same set of cretins will harass, assault and intimidate innocent people.If they can harass an unarmed person then why can't they face the armed robbers?
I saw a video of 1 fighting a young girl in the mud with his last strength .
Most times they are drunk.Even if they were paid better salaries,it will be business as usual with them.
They need a total over haul, rebranding,they need to be decent, responsible and carry themselves with some level of dignity. They must learn to respect people and have regard for the human life.Their primary duty is to protect the people.
Everything is wrong with the NPF.
So why the 'lol' There is nothing funny about this disgrace of a society.
ReplyDeleteGoodnight, busy day tomoro although TGIF
50 armed robbers? JESUUUUU how much did they steal? How will they share the money? 50!!! I don't believe it jor!
ReplyDeleteThey should continue blaming themselves...cowards! You all think the oath you swore, to protect the lives and properties of the good people of Nigeria is lip service? Don't worry, there will come a time, when you will be required to honour that oath or leave....Nigeria is changing...useless people
Na waah.
ReplyDeleteOdiegwu!!! Did they also reach out to the Presidency? and the SSS?
ReplyDeleteAbi..
DeleteThey would have called lastma and custom too..
Yeye dey smell..
na wa oooo. nvy/airforce make una de fear God ooo
ReplyDeleteSee them. They should feel it the way they react to the citizen's distress call too.
ReplyDeleteOn point!!!
DeleteStop the blame game Joor! Your duty is to safeguard lives and properties. if it's to jump in front of my vehicle for beating traffic una no go hesitate. *Long hiss*
ReplyDeleteNo be Nigerian police again, they must surely have something or somebody to pass the blame on. I am not surprise over their statement.
DeleteNigeria police are not competent at all,they should stop blaming others and do their jobs
DeleteHehehe.
ReplyDeleteVery silly and shameless lots!
ReplyDeleteSo, the police commands or Lagos State can not afford to buy one or two helicopters to fight crime???!!!!!
Very ridiculous set of people that don't value human lives.
They needed to contact the military just to help them fight robbers. Mtcheeeww!!
The Lagos State government needs to get its priority right by first doing anything and everything possible to protect lives and properties. There's too much robbery going on in Lagos these days.
GOD BLESS NIGERIA.
An average Nigerian joins the NPF for the wrong reason. No matter how much they pay them they'll still never perform their duties well. These people collect money from both the state and federal government yet the lives of tax-payers who cough out 20percent(i work in lagos) of their hard earned ego is not safe.
ReplyDeleteThe should blame the army too join.
When thieves came to rob in Ikorodu, it was in front of a Police station, NPF did not gree and come out. Now they are saying nonsense. It is only to stay on the road, stop your car and tell you "madam we just want you to know w are the ones working here" that they know.
#AnimalisticFellow
Their salary was reviewed 2years ago or so.
DeleteUpward review,way way better than what they were getting.
That force needs a total overhaul. Like you wrote,people joined for the wrong reasons.
Retire the freakin old ones! Get people with better education!
Stop the careless,"i don't care" attitude.
Build them better quarters.
Release correct telephone lines to the public,mount people there for emergency response 24hours round!
Even some police stations look like huts. Abeg abeg!
This country is messed up. Why will the robbers not have a field day? Useless forces we have in this country. All those in charge of cash should be interrogated or better still check those who are about to go on leave or just gone.
ReplyDeleteOnly God can protect us in dis country not police or any force,imagine their excuses NN say dis NAF say dat aLl cooked up stories shame on police,little baby nd mother just die lik dat 4 no reason till now nothing has been done to gt d robbers dey are here telling stories.Rubbish!!! dis isn't LOL its annoying nd painful.guide us GoD pls.
ReplyDeleteThis is a show of shame! trading with people's life. GOD ALMIGHTY GRANT YOUR CHILDREN DIVINE SECURITY IN A TIME LIKE THIS.
ReplyDeletePolice trying to get a cheap score. they always have reason why they fail. yeye dey smell. But to think of it again, who can stand a 50 man robbery gang with AK47s and Dynamites while our police is having hunters guns.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't blame the police, nobody wants to die. I just have an issue with the fact that irrespective of the complaints by the police of lack of superior weaponry, nothing has since been done about it. Leadership indeed is the problem of Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteHmmmmm... nobody wan die oooo
ReplyDeleteNa wah!!!
ReplyDeleteWhich way Nigeria..
Ndi Iberibe...Hian!
ReplyDeletewhy won't they shift the blames? with which weapon are they supposed to confront 50 criminals armed to the teeth with sophisticated with weapons?
ReplyDeleteAnaemenu, niger will never cease to amaze me....story story all the time
ReplyDeleteShame on d nigerian police force!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteDont we have maritime police ? Or police choppers + abi npf no get funds to maintain dem
ReplyDeleteI don't know why,but this made me roflmao..Nigeria my country
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