Police dismiss officers for misuse of firearms

Police dismiss officers for misuse of firearms

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The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has announced the dismissal of three operatives over the misuse of firearms while escorting a popular Kano-based musician, Dauda Kahutu Rarara, in Kahutu Village, Katsina State.

The affected officers are Inspr. Dahiru Shuaibu, Sgt. Abdullahi Badamasi, and Sgt. Isah Danladi.

Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement on Thursday, said the officers were assigned to escort a musician in Kano and were caught on video repeatedly firing shots from their official firearms into the air, despite the Commission’s policy against such offences.

The Police noted that the conduct of the officers amounted to misuse of firearms despite their knowledge of the policy against firing in the air, standard operating procedure and relevant Force Orders.

The statement noted that such an act also disregarded “the possible risk

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