{"id":22080,"date":"2018-03-09T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=22080"},"modified":"2018-03-09T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T12:28:47","slug":"cp-lagos-inaugurates-committee-mop-illegal-prohibited-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/cp-lagos-inaugurates-committee-mop-illegal-prohibited-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"CP Lagos Inaugurates Committee To Mop Up Illegal, Prohibited Firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917ymail_android_signature\">The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi, yesterday inaugurated a committee to mop up all prohibited and illegal firearms in Lagos State.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917ymail_android_signature\">The committee is headed by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Department of Operations, \u00a0DCP Muhammad Ali Ari and has nine senior officers as \u00a0members.<\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917ymail_android_signature\">The team is charged with the responsibility of mopping up all prohibited firearms \u00a0in and around Lagos State .<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917ymail_android_signature\">The Committee held its first meeting immediately \u00a0after its inauguration at the Police \u00a0Headquarters Ikeja \u00a0and at the end their deliberation, \u00a0 declared that with effect from today 8th March, \u00a02018, three weeks grace period is given to all members of the public who have illegal and \u00a0prohibited firearms , to submit such firearms to the nearest Police Station or \u00a0Area Command office to the person.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917ymail_android_signature\">The prohibited firearms includes all firearms with slide action mechanism, pump action rifles of all categories, \u00a0military rifles, pistols and revolvers, machine guns, rocket launchers, projectiles \u00a0bombs and grenades .<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917ymail_android_signature\">The Committee is empowered \u00a0to enter into any house or premises based on credible intelligence with a duly \u00a0signed search warrant from a court of competent jurisdiction, in search and recovery \u00a0of the aforementioned weapon types.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div id=\"m_-557581647759159917yMail_cursorElementTracker_1520590026845\">The CP urged members of the public in possession of Prohibited and illegally acquired firearms to take advantage of the \u00a03 weeks grace period \u00a0to turn in their firearms or risk being arrested and prosecuted in accordance with the provisions of the Firearms Act of 2004<\/div>\n<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Commissioner of Police Lagos State, CP Edgal Imohimi, yesterday inaugurated a committee to mop up all prohibited and illegal firearms in Lagos State. 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