Bauchi Police command hands over 25 recovered AK-47 Riffles, hundreds of ammunitions, others to NCCSALW
By Mohammed kaka Misau, Bauchi
In its efforts to rid the society of crime and criminality, the Bauchi state police command has mopped up illegal arms and ammunitions from the hands of criminals in the state
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Umar Mamman Sanda stated this on Tuesday while handing over recovered arms and ammunitions to the National Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) at the Bauchi Command headquarters.
According to the CP, the effort is in line with the FG’s determination to stop senseless bloodletting and insecurity occasioned by Small Arms & Light Weapons (SALW).
The recovered weapons according to the CP include 25 AK-47 rifles, 1 Locally made SMG, 1 locally made Fabricated AK47,1 English Barretta and One magazine.
Others are, 2 P/Barretta,
29 Rusted/unserviceable locally made P/catridges, 27 Rusted/unserviceable locally made revolver and 1 locally made Dane Gun.
On the recovered ammunitions, CP Sanda said 874.6mm, 5,022 (5.56mm),
113 (9X19mm), 274 (62.7mm) and 177 (38mm), among others.
He said, “the effort is to stop senseless bloodletting and insecurity occasioned by Small Arms and Light Weapons in circulation within our communities by mopping up all illicit weapons; as well as control the proliferation of all weapons in the holdings of all arms bearing agencies/organizations in the country”.
The CP said it was against that backdrop that President Mohammadu Buhari approved the establishment of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms & Light Weapons (NCCSALW) in March 2021 to control Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) at all levels of the polity and to mainstream illicit SALW eradication efforts.
CP Sanda urged members of the public to support the Government in its efforts to eradicate illicit SALW in circulation and by extension, promote an illicit arms- free society.
While receiving the recovered Arms and ammunitions, the Director Operations, Center for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW), CP Chris Owolabi thanked the CP for the effort.