Police hand over 3,980 arms, 2,358 ammunition, 1,057 cartridges to NCCSALW

● As IGP reaffirms commitment to continually partner NCCSALW for achievement of constitutional mandate

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Usman Alkali Baba, on Thursday, supervised the handing over of 3,980 arms of different calibres to the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW).

According Force Public Relations Officer, Force Headquarters, Abuja CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the handed over arms comprised 265 automatic rifles; 146 pump action guns; 1,909 locally-fabricated pistols; 1,500 locally’made single barrel guns; 98 locally-made double barrel guns; 46 General Purpose Machine Guns (GPMGs); 16 locally-made rocket launchers; 2 locally-made Anti-Aircraft (AA) guns; and 7 Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs).

Similarly, 2,358 assorted calibres of ammunition and 1,057 assorted cartridges were equally handed over to the NCCSALW.

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The IGP stressed that the exercise was part of the efforts of the Nigeria Police Force, as a lead agency in internal security management, to curb the threat of the proliferation of illegal Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) trafficking within the country.

He similarly stated that the Nigeria Police Force under his leadership had been evaluating and re-evaluating its operational strategies while strengthening institutional capacity in relation to the generation of actionable intelligence and the conduct of special operations directed at proactively checkmating the menace of arms proliferation.

The IGP has directed Commissioners of Police in charge of State Police Commands and their supervisory Assistant Inspectors-General of Police including Heads of Tactical Units of the Force to aggressively sustain the mop-up exercise in order to actualize the mandate of the Federal Government on the proliferation of small arms and light weapons.

The Inspector-General of Police re-affirmed the commitment of the Nigeria Police Force and his assurance that the Nigeria Police Force would continue to partner the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) as both institutions strived to achieve the mandate of the Federal Government on the control of the proliferation of small arms and light weapons in the country.