The Public Relations Officer of the command, SP Moses Yamu stated this in a statement on Wednesday in Benin.
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Ali gave the warning at the opening of Arms and Ammunition Storeman Refresher Course 1/22 at Base Ordinance Depot of the cantonment.
According to the charge, the three men were charged with three counts that border on conspiracy, armed robbery, and possession of illegal arms.
Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman, in a statement, said Buhari stated this when he hosted outgoing Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS), Mohammed Ibn Chambas, on Thursday at State House, Abuja.
Kogi State Police Command has directed those in possession of illegal arms and other dangerous weapons to surrender them.
In a bid to stem the violence that recently engulfed some parts of Agbaja Community in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Governor David Umahi has given a shoot- at-sight order to security agents against anyone found in possession of illegal arms.
With barely few weeks before the general elections, the Nigeria Customs Service says it will leave no stone unturned to prevent the proliferation of illegal arms and ammunition into the country.
The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, said he had constituted a committee for the destruction of 10,000 illegal firearms and prohibited weapons recovered from members of the public.
The News Agency of Nigeria recalls that the Federal Government through the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, recently directed all state police commands to mop-up illegal arms and ammunition.