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We will enter the hiding places to recover the weapons after 21 days ultimatum -spokesperson of the Rivers Police
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The Rivers State Police Command promised to repress those in possession of weapons, but refused to surrender them to the police within 21 days of the order of the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris.
Nnamdi Omoni, a lawyer and police officer in charge of public relations for the police, PPRO, Command gave the warning by addressing a section of Port Harcourt journalists said the state command conducted awareness and advocacy campaigns firearms to make them.
He said that the Command, under the leadership of CP Zaki Ahmed, has set up a task force tasked with recovering weapons in the hands of the people and is now traveling to the local communities to sensitize them to the 21-day window.
According to Omoni, after 21 days, the Command would have no choice but to break through the hiding places where the illegal weapons are secretly kept and to recover the weapons without warning.
He acknowledged that some Nigerians in good possession of firearms, even when they are licensed, voluntarily subject him to profiling.
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The PPRO urged the people of Rivers not to throw the opportunity of 21 days because they will be responsible themselves.
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