On the incident in Ebonyi yesterday that killed the would-be bomber, or unfortunate policeman, depending on what side of #Nigeria's many divides you sit, first the Ebonyi @PoliceNG PRO's statement is contradictory...
A grenade and teargas canister are made up of two different compositions.
For a grenade its key is secured like that of a fire extinguisher it has a curved pin that you have to flatten before you can take out the safety pin, hence a mere movement of an elbow cannot detonate it.
For a grenade its key is secured like that of a fire extinguisher it has a curved pin that you have to flatten before you can take out the safety pin, hence a mere movement of an elbow cannot detonate it.
I have spoken with a few experts and all of them were clear that teargas cannister detonations never result in explosions.
I'm no expert so I sought opinion, and I'm reporting what they said.
I'm no expert so I sought opinion, and I'm reporting what they said.
Second, I know for a fact that hand grenades aren't a part of the equipment of anti riot policemen in #Nigeria.
The people who started the unit weren't madmen, who goes to calm a civil unrest with grenades?
The people who started the unit weren't madmen, who goes to calm a civil unrest with grenades?
FTR, I'm not saying the Ebonyi @PoliceNG spokeswoman is lying, though I must put it on record that I don't think she's entirely being truthful.
Having said that, the fact remains that at the moment I simply don't know.
Having said that, the fact remains that at the moment I simply don't know.
In the final analysis the lesson here is that in the absence of trust (which is what happens when the security services have lied serially), then people will fill in the blanks with all sorts of theories.
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