Disu speaking during a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, Benue State on Friday | Image culled from a video shared by NPF
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, spoke about the use of firearms by police officers during a stakeholders’ meeting in Makurdi, Benue State, in remarks that were subsequently reported by several media outlets as a shoot-on-sight order against illegal arms bearers.
The Nigeria Police Force later clarified the shoot-on-sight order, saying the IGP had cited Force Order 237, which governs the legal and operational conditions for the use of firearms by police officers.
PUNCH Online presents the full transcript of what the police chief said during the meeting, based on the video the NPF shared on X on Saturday.
Here is the shared video transcript:
