Surrender illegal firearms in your possession, Gov Bello cries out to citizens

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello has warned individuals or group of people in possession of illegal firearms in the state to surrender them within seven days to the appropriate authority.

Governor Bello who gave the directive, on Sunday, in state wide broadcast on the recent security challenges in some communities of Bosso Local Government Area of the state, also disclosed the composition of a Judicial Panel of Inquiry into the military/communal clash.

He warned of grave consequences for failure to surrender such illegal firearms, stressing that the state will not be safe haven for criminals.

The governor observed that proliferation of small arms and light weapons are on the increase in the rural communities unlike in the past when gun running was only limited to the metropolitan cities.

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