{"id":355667,"date":"2025-02-13T11:24:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=355667"},"modified":"2025-02-13T11:24:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T10:24:16","slug":"its-misleading-and-inaccurate-police-refute-claims-of-missing-3907-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/13\/its-misleading-and-inaccurate-police-refute-claims-of-missing-3907-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s misleading and inaccurate&#8217; \u2014 Police refute claims of missing 3,907 firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>The committee had expressed concerns over an alleged 178,459 missing firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, based on findings from the 2019 audit report.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2025\/02\/12\/ebonyi-senator-insists-says-police-must-account-for-3907-missing-firearms\/\"><strong>Nigeria Police Force (NPF)<\/strong><\/a> has dismissed claims that 3,907 firearms are missing from its armouries.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the senate committee on public accounts queried the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) over 3,907 missing firearms from its repository.<\/p>\n<p>The missing firearms were reported in the 2019 audit report by the office of the auditor-general of the federation.<\/p>\n<p>Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector-general of police, nominated Suleiman Abdul to answer senators&#8217; questions, but lawmakers rejected his unsatisfactory explanations on missing firearms and denied his requests for an executive session.<\/p>\n<p>The committee asked the police leadership to reappear on January 17 for the continuation of the probe.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement issued on Thursday, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi clarified that the figures being circulated were based on a 2019 audit report by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation and did not reflect the current status of police armouries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report appears to stem from an assessment of the 2019 audit, which likely reflects records compiled before the tenure of the current Inspector-General of Police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe report states that 3,907 arms were \u2018unaccounted for,\u2019 not \u2018missing,\u2019 as speculated in the news,\u201d Adejobi explained.<\/p>\n<p>However, the police maintained that the figures do not accurately reflect the current situation, noting that firearms assigned to officers for operations may not always be present during audits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen auditors conduct visits to our armouries, they may not find all arms present at the time due to the issuance of weapons to personnel for operational purposes, some spanning months, depending on the nature of such operations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsequently, this may lead to misconceptions regarding the accuracy of audit reports,\u201d Adejobi stated.<\/p>\n<p>He further pointed out that some weapons had been lost due to attacks on police formations, particularly during civil unrest, but assured that efforts have been made to recover them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is important to acknowledge the challenges faced by the police during periods of civil unrest, where several officers were killed and their arms carted away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, every effort has been made to recover these arms, and many have already been accounted for,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The FPRO also refuted claims that IGP Egbetokun was present at the Senate hearing to address the alleged missing firearms, clarifying that he had only made a brief appearance to explain his absence from previous invitations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe IGP was asked to take the usual oath and explain why he did not honour previous invitations by the committee,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe responded to the satisfaction of the committee members and was thereafter excused, while the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Police Accounts and Budget, stayed back to answer the queries,\u201d Adejobi clarified.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the police have expressed concern over what they described as the spread of misinformation aimed at undermining public confidence in law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe proliferation of misinformation, especially against institutions like the Nigeria Police, has far-reaching consequences, including compromising public safety, damaging reputations, and hindering the NPF\u2019s ability to effectively maintain law and order,\u201d Adejobi warned.<\/p>\n<p>Reiterating that the audit queries predated Egbetokun\u2019s tenure, he emphasised that no such number of firearms has gone missing under the current IGP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese queries relate to the period that predated the administration of the current IGP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor emphasis\u2019s sake, no such outrageous number of firearms is missing in the armouries of the NPF within the stated period,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>President Bola Tinubu appointed Egbetokun as IGP on June 19, 2023, replacing his predecessor, Usman Alkali Baba, now retired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The committee had expressed concerns over an alleged 178,459 missing firearms, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, based on findings from the 2019 audit report. 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