The Chief of Civil
Affairs in the Nigerian Army, Major-General Usman Mohammed, has said that the
use of phones when approaching a military checkpoint is wrong.
According to him, it
is security loop for anyone to approach a checkpoint and at the same time, make
use of his or her phone.
“It is a security
measure for when you are approaching a checkpoint, you don’t make phone calls
because the tendency is that if you are making a phone call, you might be
communicating with some bad guys or you may use that particular device to set
up some certain devices. It is a general convention; it is not peculiar to
Nigeria, it is everywhere. People who have travelled abroad know that you don’t
make phone calls when approaching a checkpoint” he said