The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Solomon Arase,
has directed all Police commands in the country to
update their armouries to ensure that all
ammunitions are in good condition.
He gave this directive while responding to an
observation made by Sergeant Nicholas Enguru
yesterday, at the Police Headquarters in Ikot Akpan
Abia, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where the IG is on a
working tour of the state.
While interacting with the men and officers of the
command, Sergeant Enguru told the IGP that in the
command he was before being posted to Akwa Ibom,
he was given a gun with 30 rounds from the armory
but to his greatest dismay the gun could not fire
because it has expired.
Responding, the IG noted that any police officer that
goes out with expired ammunition was at danger
when he faces criminal gang, thanking the officer
for bringing such matter to his notice.
“If I am an accountant and I am careless, I will lose
money but if you are a police officer, if you are
careless with your men you lose lives and that is the
difference. If you are having 30 rounds of
ammunitions and you cork it and it does not fire
and you are facing criminal’s gang, it means you
are going to be killed.
“We are going to take care of that. The entire
armorer should check
their ammunition to see that they are not expired;
so that they would
not jeopardize the lives of our officers while on
duty. This is a national thing, I am directing all
armourers in all the commands to update their
armouries,” he said.
The IG immediately announced Enguru’s promotion
from Sergeant to Inspector. He therefore, urged the
DPOs across the country to get connected to the
community where they served, noting that, such
would help carry out adequate security.
According to the police boss, this has informed his
building houses for the inspectors, rank and files
and appealed to the Akwa Ibom State government to
provide land for the command for the construction
of such houses.
Earlier, in his welcome address, the Akwa Ibom
Commissioner of Police, Murtala Mani, said that the
command’s relationship with members of the public
was based on international best practice.
Meanwhile, 20 police officers of various ranks have
been sanctioned for misconduct between November
2015 and March this year.
Officer in charge of the Police Complaint Response
Unit (CRU), Abayomi Shogunle, disclosed this in an
interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in
Abuja yesterday.
Shogunle explained that the sanction followed
complaints received from members of the public
during the period under review.
He said between January and March, the unit
received and processed 1, 054 complaints from
across the 36 states and FCT.
Guardian
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