Lagos State’s Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, has sounded the alarm about a disturbing surge in the production of locally crafted replicas of foreign-made pistols, AK 47 rifles, and other assault weapons within the state.
Owohunwa, in his statement, said the troubling development showcases an increasing local mastery in the creation of various firearm models.
The Police Commissioner conveyed this information during a briefing with the Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, who was conducting an inspection of police units across the state.
He said the present distinctive security challenges in the state is on account of its demography and socio-economic interplays.
According to him, the internal security space in recent times has been laced with the threats of cultism, armed robbery, kidnapping, murder and sexual and gender-based violence.
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He said the command is also constantly confronted with the challenge of dissecting and dealing with the thin line between the civil and criminal dynamics of land disputes, which he said are also prevalent in the state.
He said also of routine concern is the traffic gridlock and the attendant occasional traffic robberies, which are compounded by on-going road projects across the state including, in particular, the Lagos-Ibadan highway.