A breakdown of the N4.93bn reveals that the sum of N1.45bn is budgeted for maintenance and service warranties for all communication intelligence equipment for the DSS, while N340m is budgeted for the purchase of Trevor assault rifles. The government is also proposing to purchase handheld direction finder for the DSS at a sum of N97.9m, while the acquisition of antennae forensic solution and the purchase of Orion mines detectors are expected to gulp N648m and N25m respectively. Similarly, the purchase of Sony handheld radios is being proposed for N216m, while the sums of N150m, N22m, N168m are budgeted for Oscor blue analyser, cellular jammer and armoured land-cruiser vehicles respectively. In the same vein, N3.9m is budgeted for laptops for intelligence processing; N5m for purchase of surveillance audio microphone set; N37.9m for the purchase of Jericho pistol for the service; N35m for cyber security equipment; N21.9m for the acquisition of handheld detectors and N102.5m to link crime database to all formations. Server and operational control room equipment are to be acquired at the sum of N184.3; assault rifles for the service, N78.8m; purchase of five-seven pistol N206.7m; baggage scanner N50m; maintenance of baggage scanner, N124.9m; purchase of body armour, N42.5m, while mini explonix is estimated at N50m. The rest are the acquisition of ballistic helmet, N25m; backpack bomb jammer, N70.5m; purchase of 5.56mm ammunition for the service, N407m; convoy protection bomb jammer, N250.8m, and the purchase of 7.62mm ammunition for the service N75m. Source: Punch ]]>