Rivers : Police issue 7-day ultimatum to firearms owners

Rivers : Police give vigilante groups 7-day ultimatum to surrender firearms

Rivers : Police give vigilante groups 7-day ultimatum

A 7-day ultimatum has been given to every vigilante group and all individuals in possession of illegal firearms to surrender them to the Rivers State Police Command.

SP Nnamdi Omoni, the Public Relations Officer of the state Command, made this known in a live radio programme in Port Harcourt, adding that failure to do so puts them at risk of being arrested and prosecuted.

He said that the state Commissioner of Police, Joseph Mukan, had extended the window period of surrendering weapons to allow all in possession of firearms unlawfully to take advantage of the opportunity.

However, he said that so far, only one vigilante group has surrendered their arms to the police. He stressed that the essence of the exercise was for all who bear or desire to bear firearms do so legally.

Omoni said,

“Only the Choba OSPAC vigilance group has submitted their firearms, the window is still open for other groups to turn in their arms before we go after them.

The idea is nobody should bear arms without the proper procedure, if you have arms with you without following the proper procedure then you have fallen foul of the law and you will be dealt with accordingly.

The Commissioner of Police in his magnanimity has decided to give them one week within which to turn in these arms, otherwise the IGP’s directive is clear that the order be enforced with immediate effect.”

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