The Anambra State Police Commissioner, Mr Garba Umar , has asked those in possession of illegal firearms in the state to surrender them to the police within 21 days or be arrested.
Umar who stated this in a press conference in his office in Amawbia , Anambra State, said the order was sequel to a recent directive by the Inspector -General of Police , Ibrahim Idris, that illegal firearms and ammunition be mopped up within 21 days.
The CP said the command had set up a nine - man task force chaired by an Assistant Commissioner of Police , Mr Baba Maiyaki , to enforce compliance .
He said the mop up operation was targeted at full enforcement of the Firearms Act of 2004 .
He listed the prohibited firearms to include artillery , apparatus for the discharge of any explosives of gas diffusion projectiles , rocket weapons, bomb and grenades.
Others were machine guns and pistols , military rifles , revolvers and pistols , pump action gun of all categories as well as any other firearms , weapons fabricated to kill.
He urged members of the public, individuals and groups such as vigilantes , neighbourhood watch , town unions, hunters , watch night men or any group or association under any capacity to surrender such prohibited arms before the expiration of the date of the ultimatum .
He asked for the support of the people of the state in the enforcement of the directives .
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