{"id":1774,"date":"2012-08-30T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=1774"},"modified":"2012-08-30T15:41:17","modified_gmt":"2012-08-30T15:41:17","slug":"police-armoured-tanks-and-shakara-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.imotrumpeta.com\/?p=1774","title":{"rendered":"Police armoured tanks and shakara show"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Men of the Nigerian police, Imo state command can be said to be part of the Nollywood family.\u00a0 And they could be asked to be part of a movie production in the state.\u00a0 POPULAR SIDE <\/em>was amazed at their posture during Wednesday\u2019s patrol of major streets in Owerri.\u00a0 Armed to the teeth and moving with blue \u2013 coloured armoured vehicles, the policemen were doing shakara show, even as they were said to be after ex \u2013 militants from Oguta who threatened to make the state ungovernable if the man who won the State Assembly seat for the constituency was not sworn in on Wednesday.\u00a0 In apparent bid to keep a tab on the suspected hoodlums, police rolled out tanks.\u00a0 Their postures were amusing.\u00a0 What disturbed your concerned POPULAR SIDE<\/em> was where police men parked the four armoured vehicles they rolled out for a mere threat when kidnappers are having a field day in Owerri and the entire state.\u00a0 Where were the police and their armoured tanks when popular pharmacist was kidnapped some months ago at the very \u2013 busy Ama JK corner on Douglas Road?\u00a0 Where were the police and their fighting power last weekend when gunmen killed a newspaper owner on Owerri Streets?\u00a0 Are policemen on showmanship game or trying to say they are existing? POPULAR SIDE<\/em> wants them to answer the question by combating kidnapping ravaging the state than mobilise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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