In a statement in Yenagoa, Police Public Relations Officer, SP Asinim Butswat, said the suspects were arrested on Sunday.
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On July 19, 2019 at about 1:30pm, Ilasan Police Station in Lagos State received a call that a group of hoodlums, suspected to be armed robbers/cultists, were sighted behind Angle 90 bar in Ilasan, Lekki.
Elder statesman, Edwin Clark, says he has forgiven those that invaded his house over alleged stockpiling of firearms.
The Commissioner of Police, Ibrahim Kabiru, told newsmen in Birnin Kebbi on Friday that the gesture was to curb proliferation of illegal firearms and ammunition throughout the state.
Olafimihan Adeoye, the state Commissioner of Police, made the remark while addressing pressmen in Osogbo.
According to Shina Olukolu, the recovery is in compliance with an order by the Inspector-General of Police directing all formations to mop-up illegal arms nationwide.
Trump indicated support for the measure in the wake of February’s massacre at a Florida high school.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, recently directed Commissioners of Police of all the state commands to commence recovery of prohibited firearms in the country.
The Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, stated this in a statement in Abuja and he disclosed that the categories of the prohibited arms include: Artillery, apparatus for the discharge of any explosives of gas diffusing projectile, Rocket weapons, Bombs and Grenades.
Don Awunah, the Commissioner of Police in the state, made this known on Saturday in a statement he signed and made available to newsmen in Yenagoa.
The Force spokesman, CSP Jimoh Moshood, on Thursday said in a statement in Abuja that the categories of the prohibited are: Artillery, apparatus for the discharge of any explosives of gas diffusing projectile, Rocket weapons, Bombs and Grenades.
Kolawole said for the avoidance of doubts, prohibited firearms under the Firearms Act include Artillery, Apparatus for the discharge of any explosives or gas-diffusing projectile, Revolvers and Pistols, Machine Guns and Machine Pistols, Rocket Weapons and Military rifles, including those with calibre 7.62mm, 9mm, .300 inches and .303inches
The Court pronounced the guilty verdict on the two Fulani nomads on a two count charge of unlawful possession of firearms proffered against them by the Attorney-General of Delta State and punishable under Section 3(1) of the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provision) Act Cap R.II, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2010 and were sentenced to 10 years imprisonment each with hard labour and without an option of fine
“In view of the need for public education on the subject matter especially with respect to concerns expressed by many Nigerians over the eligibility and rumoured desire of some groups to bear firearms, the Nigeria Police Force wishes to categorically state that the extant laws guiding the use of firearms explicitly prohibit the bearing of various categories of firearms, without requisite licences
He held that the prosecution led enough evidence to prove that the accused shipped the consignment into the country and it did not contain building materials for shipment to the Gambia as they (accused) claimed