Police start mop up of unlawful arms, weapons in Delta

Delta State Police Command has known as on members of the general public who’ve unlawful and prohibited firearms of their possession to render such firearms to any close by police station, space command, or the state headquarters.

This, the command mentioned in a press release issued on Sunday by its spokesman, DSP Vivid Edafe, was “a part of efforts to tame the proliferation of firearms and consistent with the directive of the Inspector Common of Police, IGP Olukayode Egbetokun”.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Wale Abass “assured all people concerned within the wrongful possession of arms and light-weight weapons {that a} wilful submission of such illegally possessed weapons to police will appeal to “NO SANCTION”.

The police reiterated that the train “is aimed toward decreasing the variety of weapons in circulation throughout the state, and in addition to cease firearms from moving into the incorrect palms and being utilized by offenders to commit crimes on our streets or anyplace else within the nation, therefore protecting the State secure for all”.

The assertion learn partly, “The CP needs to state emphatically that the command has commenced an train to mop up all unlawful and prohibited firearms in circulation throughout the state; noting that those that benefit from this chance is not going to face any sanction, arrest, or harassment. He nonetheless warned that perpetrators who refuse to render their arms is not going to be spared and might be made to face the total wrath of the legislation when caught. Therefore anybody present in possession of a firearm of any kind – be it a pistol, rifle, air weapon, or imitation (i.e. domestically made weapons, dummy weapons, and so on.), shall be arrested and prosecuted for illegal possession of a firearm.

“CP Wale Abass urges the residents to report all suspicious firearms-related actions to their native police stations. They will additionally report by means of the Police Public Relations Workplace for immediate response and motion whereas assuring that the identities of informants might be handled with utmost confidentiality”.