Police express worry over fabrication of AK-47, other rifles
THE Lagos State Police Command has expressed worry over the fabrication of various types of firearms, which include local and foreign pistols, AK-47 and other assault rifles in Lagos. This was disclosed by the command boss, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa, during the acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun's tour of duty to Lagos, yesterday. Owohunwa, who noted that Lagos State presented distinctive security challenges on account of its demography and socio-economic interplays, said its internal security space in recent times had been laced with the threats of cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping, murder and sexual and gender-based violence. He said the command was also confronted with the challenge of dissecting and dealing with the thin line between the civil and criminal dynamics of land disputes, which are also prevalent in the state. Crime profile of the state, according to him, “is further accentuated by the prevalence of illegal firearms proliferation, an...