No fewer than three police stations were razed and looted by hoodlums during the protest. Edo State Police Commissioner, Mr Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, has issued a seven-day ultimatum
to all those who looted arms and ammunition belonging to the police and other security agencies during the attacks on government and private facilities in the state, in the guise of #EndSARS protest, to return them. The seven-day ultimatum takes effect from Monday, 9th November, 2020.Also, the
warehouse of the Nigerian Customs Service at Aduwawa was broken into and
several items, including seized arms and ammunition were carted away.
Kokumo in a
statement signed by the command’s spokesman, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, vowed that
failure to comply with the warning, the police would adopt all legal means to
arrest, disarm and prosecute such lersons accordingly.
“The CP warns
criminal elements to return within seven days, with effect from today Monday,
9th November, 2020, the police and other security agencies arms and ammunition
looted during the attacks on government and private facilities in the state, in
the guise of #EndSARS protest.
“Failure to
comply with this warning, he vows to adopt all legal means to arrest, disarm and
prosecute them accordingly,” the statement said.
The CP who
acknowledged the fact that the police cannot do it alone, called for
collaboration with the general public and cooperation of the people, in the
area of information gathering and dissemination.
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