The House of Representatives has decided to investigate the alleged missing 178,459 ammunitions of the Nigeria Police Force in 2019.
The development came after the adoption of a motion on matters of urgent public importance moved by the deputy minority leader, Toby Okechukwu (PDP, Enugu), at the plenary on Thursday.
Auditor-General of the Federation (AuGF)’s report indicated that about 178,459 ammunitions of the Nigeria Police Force have not been accounted for in 2019.
Okechukwu said the audit of Arms Movement Register, Monthly Returns of Arms and Ammunition and Ammunition Register at the Armoury Section indicated that, as of December 2018,the total number of lost ammunition hit 178,459.
He said: “Out of this number, 88,078 were AK-47 rifles, 3,907 assorted rifles and pistols across different police formations, which could not be accounted for as of January 2020.
“The findings in the report that the police high command failed to keep a record of unserviceable and expired firearms and ammunition; owing to non-compliance to the internal control system of the Nigeria Police Force.
“Records of the total number of unserviceable firearms were not produced for examinations and there were no returns from Adamawa State Command, Police Mobile Force (PMF) 46, 56, 64 and 68 for the period under review.”
The House has ordered the Inspector-General of Police to arrest those responsible for missing ammunitions of the Nigeria Police Force.
It tasked its committee on police affairs to look into matter and give report to the House within a month.
