Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Police Force Public Relations Officer on Sunday, urged Nigerians to report anyone seen with live ammunition to curb arms proliferation in Nigeria.
Adejobi, while stating this in a statement shared on his official X (formerly Twitter) account, also shared a picture of live ammunition and captioned, “These are live ammunition, called “èpà” or “groundnuts” in the street.
“They are deadly, not to be seen with anyone except security agents. Statutory security agents, no other ones.
“If you see them with any friend or civilian, please expose him or her. We need to collectively curb the proliferation of arms and ammunition in Nigeria.”
It was earlier gathered that the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Adegoke Fayoade, in what he called a mark of his achievements since taking office, on Thursday paraded 34 suspects of crimes including armed robbery, stealing, cultism and unlawful possession of firearms, one month into office.
The police commissioner also listed 14 cases cracked and a recovery of a total of 16 firearms, including a toy pistol, 72 live cartridges, 75 live ammunition, one expended cartridge and one pistol magazine, while also recovering six axes, four daggers, one digger, five cutlasses, two vehicles, one POS Machine, fake registration plates and various charms.