{"id":150258,"date":"2025-02-13T21:48:25","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:48:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms"},"modified":"2025-02-16T00:23:55","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:23:55","slug":"nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian police debunk reports of missing 3, 907 firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has dismissed allegations of 3,907 missing arms, attributing the claims to misleading and inaccurate reports.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, NPF Headquarters, Abuja, on 13 February 2025, explained that the allegations stem from a 2019 assessment by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, AuGF.<\/p>\n<p>According to Adejobi, the report stated that 3,907 arms were \u201cunaccounted for\u201d and not \u201cmissing\u201d, as speculated in the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis report appears to stem from an assessment by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation, dating back to 2019, likely reflecting records compiled prior to the tenure of the current Inspector-General of Police. According to Issue 3b, Sub (iii) of the report, it is stated that 3,907 arms were unaccounted for and not \u2018missing\u2019 as speculated in the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Force has previously defended the audit queries, which were intended to help reconcile discrepancies in the reports. However, the hearing session, presided over by the Senate Committee on Public Accounts, has been postponed to Monday, 17 February 2025, allowing ample time for a proper cross-analysis of records,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>The Force acknowledged challenges during periods of civil unrest, including attacks on police facilities and officers, resulting in the loss of arms.<\/p>\n<p>Adejobi noted: \u201cIt is important to acknowledge the challenges faced by the police during periods of civil unrest, during which several police officers were killed, their arms carted away, and police facilities and armouries looted, resulting in the loss of arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Force spokesman also emphasised its commitment to transparency and accountability, highlighting its statutory and annual internal auditing process, saying:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis process ensures controlled movement and proper accountability of arms, with efforts made to recover lost arms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The statement further clarified that the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, was not present during the Senate Committee on Public Accounts hearing when questions were raised about the missing firearms, adding that he appeared briefly before the committee on 11 February 2025 to address a previous invitation, and was thereafter excused.<\/p>\n<p>The NPF reassured the public of its commitment to maintaining transparency and public trust while upholding national security.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has dismissed allegations of 3,907 missing arms, attributing the claims to misleading and inaccurate reports. A statement signed by ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer, NPF Headquarters, Abuja, on 13 February 2025, explained that the allegations stem from a 2019 assessment by the Office of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":150257,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254,165],"class_list":["post-150258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria","tag-police"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nigerian police debunk reports of missing 3, 907 firearms - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has dismissed allegations of 3,907 missing arms, attributing the claims to misleading and ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Nigerian police debunk reports of missing 3, 907 firearms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has dismissed allegations of 3,907 missing arms, attributing the claims to misleading and ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-02-13T20:48:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-02-15T23:23:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739470823.33657.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Nigerian police debunk reports of missing 3, 907 firearms\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-02-13T20:48:25+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-02-15T23:23:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms\"},\"wordCount\":365,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2025\/02\/sm_1739470823.33657.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\",\"Police\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/nigerian-police-debunk-reports-of-missing-3-907-firearms\",\"name\":\"Nigerian police debunk reports of missing 3, 907 firearms - 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