By Adoga Michael Oyi
The Ebonyi State Police yesterday said that it has demolished an arms factory in the state .Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi State , Titus Lamorde , disclosed in a statement in Abakaliki that a cache of 146 illegal firearms and assorted ammunitions in possession of unauthorised persons were seized .
Lamorde said the arms were recovered in compliance with the Inspector General of Police ( IGP ) , Ibrahim Idris ’ directive to all commands CPs and other police formations to mop up firearms and ammunitions in circulation nationwide .He said following the directive, the command setup a taskforce headed by a Deputy Commissioner of Police ( DCP ) in charge of Criminal Investigation Department ( CID ) , Oyeyemi Oyediran to carry out the mop up .
The task force, he said , recovered some of the arms from some persons in the state who have been charged to court for illegal possession of firearms.
Lamorde said the Police , which acted on a tip -off, destroyed a factory where guns were being manufactured at Mgbo in Ohaukwu Local Council of the state .
In a related development , the police in Cross River State Police Command have recovered 324 imported and locally made arms and ammunitions from suspected criminals in Calabar , the state capital .
Commissioner of Police , Hafiz Mohammed, made this known yesterday while parading some of the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Calabar .
He said the proliferation of arms and ammunition within the state had assumed a dangerous dimension , stating that as part of the command ’ s resolve to mop up illicit arms, a committee has been set up to undertake the assignment .
Meanwhile , in its determination to eliminate all forms of crimes and criminalities ahead of the 2019 general elections , the Kano State Police Command yesterday recovered assorted rifles and ammunitions in the state .
According to the Police , bandits and herdsmen voluntarily returned a large number of the firearms, while the others were recovered during a gun battle with armed robbers .Addressing journalists at the Bompai headquarters of the Police Command , the Commissioner of Police , Rabiu Yusuf , said the recovered ammunitions include 27 AK 47 rifles , two live riffles and four pump action guns.
Also recovered were one G - 3 rifle , one magnum bow United State ( US ) -made , 319.6 mm live ammunition , 86 .3 mm live ammunition , 127 cartridges and 17 magazines .
Rabiu said the mop up exercise was in compliance with the IGP ’ s directive on the recovery of illegal firearms from individuals and bandits across the country .
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