Against the backdrop of repeated cases of extra-judicial killings in the country, Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase, has said stun guns would be introduced before the year ends.
He also directed that henceforth, any policeman who killed any Nigerian would be arrested within 48 hours and dealt with.
Stun guns only demobilises and the introduction is expected to stop allocation of live bullets.
Disclosing that many officers in this category had been arrested, given orderly room trial and dismissed for taking laws into their hands, Arase said the force management would not relent until police officers attuned themselves to respect human rights and the Rule of Law.
The IGP, who spoke at a meeting with DIGs, AIGs and CPs in Abuja, said: “In a force of 320,000 men, you cannot rule out some deviants, but we have put machinery in place to check these excesses and unlawful acts of policemen.”
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