"Right now, what we are trying to do is to discourage issuing firearms to police officers, who go on metro patrol. And that is why we are thinking of introducing stun guns this year. Stun guns can incapacitate you, demobilise you, but they will not kill you.
So, in case there is a mistake, then we will be able to ensure that the fatality is not such that will result in death. It is also true that from statistics we have internal mechanisms for dealing with people who engage in misuse of firearms and I must tell you that many of them have been dismissed. But it is not every day you will see it on the pages of the paper that they have been dismissed” he said
While speaking at the conference, Arase also revealed that intelligence gathering by the police revealed that armed robbers in Lagos state have resorted to kidnapping
“We have a new challenge now in Lagos because after we have been able to mop up the bank robbers that come from the waterways, it looks as if they have found a new vocation in kidnapping, especially in Festac and Amuwo Odofin. We are addressing those issues and I can assure you that those people will be caught. It takes time though; you know crime is always committed but the indomitable fighting spirit of the police force has to be strengthened and that is what we are trying to do. Also, the supervisory role of the commissioners of police, divisional commanders, area commanders must be strengthened because I think that is where we are having a gap and I can assure you that we will make sure that we resolve it.” he said
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ReplyDeleteI like this IGP he's d best so far
ReplyDeleteStuns guns? Then you put the police officers at risk? But its a good one
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Nice, it's a welcomed development.
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ReplyDeleteArase should stop all this jamboree promises of a..p..c
ReplyDeletehe has not fulfil the ones he promise talkless of this serious one.
If he did it it will help cause now nigerian police is now a shame and a joke to every one.
#sad indeed
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ReplyDeleteLinda your headline and body story doesn't concur
ReplyDeleteVery simple! The new government isn't working.
ReplyDeleteThey failed on all their promises leaving the unemployed youths to suffer.
BTW NPF ain't the right people to fight this.
Oya Na we are waiting.jumbo
ReplyDeleteStun guns to fire arms...naija don wise up..ordinary emergency nums to call na story them go dey talk..smh...fire arms to increase fear and threat to poor citizens so as to increase the bribe rate
ReplyDeleteI think its a very good idea .. Real guns have caused more harm than good
ReplyDeleteBetter be quick with the implementation or look at the BBC clip showing Scotish Police teach US police how to handle trigger solutions.
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ReplyDeleteIt is well o! Linda take note!
ReplyDeleteThat's a good move . meanwhile Lin Lin u rock more than a rocket
ReplyDeleteOur security personnel in this nation needs to be well equipped with both physical arms and intelligence criminal capture strategies that top developed countries had imbibe.
ReplyDelete"prevention is better than cure" we have been making use of this phrase often and often, it is now time the Nigerian security personnel ensure measures are in place prior to any major attack to the live and properties of the Nigerian citizen.
we hope the IGP will do as promised.
you can see the ways to identity any suicide bombers here
Good step in the right direction
ReplyDeleteI swear. This i.g over make sense no more guns for d cops dey mis ise it give deem stun guns
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Its long over due
ReplyDeleteIn some cases Stun guns can kill! The root of the matter isnt tackled yet. The law should allow these untrained policemen to be sued and jailed for a lengthy period of time if they harm the innocent citizens. Be it with firearms, stun guns or bats
ReplyDeleteD robbery rate is too much now
ReplyDeleteI hope this will help because many police officers are not well mannered, little thing that will happen, you see them shooting and killing innocent citizens just like that.
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Stun gun will be a welcome development. With the way policemen shout civilians this should solve it.
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ReplyDeleteNice idea....stun guns are bad...
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Good initiative from Arase
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ReplyDeleteIt is not about replacing firearms. It's all about training the police on how to use their weapons. Stun guns or teasers are also dangerous to health. There are cases where people have lost their lives with stun guns.
ReplyDeleteThe officers need to be assessed mentally and not all officers should be issued weapons. May i ask
1) Are officers who are issued weapons are these weapons accounted for ?
2)Do they know /have records of those that have been given weapons?
3)Do they have records of the magazines given and used by such officers.
4)Magazines used can they be accounted for?
5)When was assessment on the officers done and reviewed?
The government should have a database,where they can retrieve details of those issued,what was issued,those retired,those dismissed and weapons returned etc.Once they have all this in place only then can things get better.
Oga IGP,
ReplyDeleteHow can you say that you have been able to mop-out bank robbers and now they are finding new vocation in kidnaping???
Your statmennt is mileading, how can you mop-out something and the thing still exist?.....
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ReplyDeleteThat's not a good suggestion. We need well trained and literate as a police officer
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Well said. The rate the stubborn police men are killing innocentppeople is much with the inintroduction of stuns guns we be ok for them,
ReplyDeleteGood development but stun guns still kill especially used at a high voltage and depending on the state of health of the person used.
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