The Inspector General of Police, Mr Solomon Arase says that the Nigeria Police Force will soon introduce stun guns as part of measures to reduce fatalities associated with misuse of firearms by police officers.
Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday after a meeting with senior police officers, Arase said that the introduction of stun guns will discourage the use of firearms by policemen on metro patrol.
“Right now, what we are trying to do is to discourage issuing firearms to police officers, who go on metro patrol. And that is why we are thinking of introducing stun guns this year.
“Stun guns can incapacitate you, demobilise you, but they will not kill you. So, in case there is a mistake, then we will be able to ensure that the fatality is not such that will result in death.
“It is also true that from statistics we have internal mechanisms for dealing with people who engage in misuse of firearms and I must tell you that many of them have been dismissed. But it is not every day you will see it on the pages of the paper that they have been dismissed,” he said.
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