Ogun State Police Commissioner (CP) Basir Makama on Tuesday evening denied receiving 1,000 AK47 rifles and four million ammunition from former Governor Ibikunle Amosun.

Makama explained that physical counting of the ammunition showed there were “one million, four hundred thousand and some fractions,” a variation from the four million Amosun had told him while he was being disarmed.

He also explained that checks into police records revealed that the said weapons were handed over to the force in 2012, insisting that he didn’t see any weapon during the disarming process.

Online news site Premium Times had reported that the former Governor returned to the Police Commissioner four million bullets, 1,000 AK47 rifles, 1,000 bulletproof vests and one armoured personnel carrier (APC) he allegedly stockpiled at the Oke Mosan Government House for an extended period of time.

According to the report, Amosun had allegedly confessed to CP Makama on the presence of the firearms and ammunition on May 28, a day before he handed over power to his successor Dapo Abiodun.

The story generated massive outcry with social media users demanding the immediate arrest and prosecution of Amosun, now a Senator representing Ogun Central district at the National Assembly.

Reacting to the story, CP Makama told The Nation that he had a duty to disarm the governor at the end of his tenure which he executed.

He said: “I did not see any weapon. All he gave to the police the day he was disarmed are ammunition, ballistic helmet and body armour. I am new in the state, this is somebody who has been governor for eight years.

“I came in and one day when he was about going, he said CP, I have some materials I want to handover to you. Even if he didn’t buy them for the police or didn’t hand them over, I have a responsibility to disarm him and that was what I did.

“The ammunition was not up to four million as alleged. The former Governor said four million but when we counted, we found out it was one million, four hundred and a little fraction.

“I found out the 1,000 AK47 rifles were bought for them (police) in 2012. He had given them in 2012.

That is the record I have.”

Findings by our Correspondent revealed that was the practice by state governments who have expended resources in empowering the police.

It was gathered that an approval was granted from the office of the National Security Adviser (NSA) to allow states expanding their resources to empower the police have standard armoury at the Government House.

By this practice, the state, it was gathered will then supervise the use of the gadgets acquired with their resources to prevent same from being moved to other parts of the country following orders from the Inspector General of Police (IG) to CPs.

“It is not like the governor was keeping these weapons and ammunition for himself. What happened is that because of the lack of capacity and equipment the police had suffered in the past, those state governors that boost the police capability were allowed to have standard armoury in their government houses.

“This was done to ensure that the state benefits from the gadgets it expended money on. The truth is that if those weapons are left under the police armoury, the IG can call at anytime to request deployment to another area and no CP will disobey that order,” said a very senior policeman who cannot be named.

Deathisfreee:



Was petitions written before they burst yahoo boys ?
Let’s be honest with ourself. This country no fit better

ThisCouldBeUs:
My question is why has EFCC not investigated/questioned the former governor of Osun State Aregbesola about how he spent the several billions given to him by FG and the billions he borrowed. Why EFCC?

DOCU:
A region that survived bombardment from both UK, Russian and Arab military forces for 3 years, survived Buhari’s disastrous 4 years, will not stop surviving because of political positions.

Let your ignorance not swallow you.

In Nigeria's poverty index, South-East is the lowest with 26% while Buhari’s North West is the highest with 75%, Ahmed Lawan's North East, 72%.

These figures are what should form the core of every political discourse in Nigeria but no, ignorant folks are talking about South-East not getting any position?

My town with no Senator is peaceful. You can sleep with your doors open. Can people in Buhari’s Daura do same? 46 days after a high-ranking Chief and Buhari’s ADC's in-law was kidnapped in Daura, there is no words about him. Can Ahmed Lawan sleep in his home with his doors open? Can the people in his state?

The Igbo apprentice system has created more billionaires in the last five decades than politics has for the North.

You won't survive more than me.

Like I wrote before, Buhari’s re-election is the worst thing to happen to Northern Nigeria. Isn't insecurity taking over the North despite having all the posts including security chiefs?

Political positions in a dysfunctional system only benefit the few and not the masses.

Keep ranting about the South-East.

id911:
Court does not have powers to order or direct National Assembly on how to conduct its affairs. National Assembly should ignore the kangaroo judgement and NJC should sanction the useless judge asap

arazanbal:



who told you he was the first oba of binis, the ogiso's existed even before is father

Ugosample:


interesting

but this time

the bleeding is very massive

so so many people

Omooba77:


Mr Superstar Seun, read the judgement again, maintain stand as at 30th May, 2019, that was what court said.

Omooba77:
Court has decided

Omooba77:


It was because they aired Atiku's case.
Alhaji Modibo Kawu does not have moral ground to do this.
Why not take to court, NBC is not a court of law

Omooba77:
NBC is NOT a court of Law. NBC shutdown of a mass media group - Daar Communication, operator of AIT/RayPower is unconstitutional, an affront on Free Speech and fascist.
It is discretion at the extreme.
It must NOT stand!

landforeast:

There is nothing wrong with their contents, or you want them to be gagged like NTA and Radio Nigeria and become praise singer to the government. That will be detrimental to the position of the press as the 4th estate of the realm and injurious to the tenets of our democracy or is Buhari trying to suspend the Constitution of the Land. He should come out clear with his plans, it is going to one week after his inauguration and the demented man in Ask Rock has not made a major appointment not even constituting of his kitchen Cabinet. Nawa for this country.

middlebelter:


Really!? Well, I pray we get it right. Never again should we allow anyone to restrict our freedom of speech. Dictatorial tendencies usually start in a subtle manner with people clapping for the wrong things targeted at caging them.

codeplace:
Fix the country, people are leaving the country

Omooba77:

Was ABC shut, take erring staff to court and not a blanket disruption of whole organisation.
To you no danger, but the truth is that history as always repeat itself!