IG did not issue ‘shoot-on-sight’ order in Benue- Police

The Nigeria Police Force has dismissed reports calling the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, has issued a “shoot-on-sight” order against people carrying illegal arms.

On Friday, July 24, it was widely reported that the police chief while speaking at a stakeholders meeting in Benue, ordered police officers to shoot on sight anyone found carrying illegal firearms.

However, in a clarification issued on Saturday, the Force said the IGP had been referring to Force Order 237, which governs the legal and operational conditions for the use of firearms by police officers.

The clarification, titled “Clarification: What the Inspector-General of Police Actually Said in Makurdi,” was accompanied by a video of Disu’s remarks at the meeting.