The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has ordered police officers across the country to shoot on sight anyone found carrying illegal firearms, and order said to be part of renewed efforts to tackle insecurity.
Penpushing reports that Disu gave the directive on Friday during a stakeholders’ meeting at the Government House in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, explaining that the order followed President Bola Tinubu’s directive that the persistent insecurity in Benue State must be brought to an end.
The police boss emphasized that only authorised security personnel were legally permitted to bear firearms, warning that the era of passive policing was over, declaring that nobody can move around freely carrying arms as if there is no law and order in this country
Penpushing further reports that he declared that such will not be tolerated, while he equally disclosed that police officers had been empowered under Force Order 237 to respond decisively to armed threats without waiting for directives from superior officers.
“You cannot move around freely carrying arms as if there is no law and order in this country. It will not be tolerated. We have given them instructions. We have a Force Order 237. Police officers have been instructed that they don’t need to wait for any superior order. They know where to deploy their firearms’, Disu said.
“We are tired of losing our men. We are tired of police officers, soldiers, and other members of the security agencies dying anyhow. They have been instructed to shoot at sight. They have been trained to do what is necessary. But we will not succeed without the cooperation of all of you’, he stated
Penpushing also reports that Disu called on residents to support security agencies with credible information, stressing that public cooperation remains critical to the fight against armed criminality.
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