Get Guardian on GoogleGovernor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State has approved the appointment of Friday Sanni as Director General, Special Task Force on Illegal Smuggling of Firearms.
The appointment was conveyed via a letter by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Dr. Folashade Ayoade, dated May 8, 2023.
The Guardian gathered that the government set up the task force as part of recalibration efforts in the security architecture, to ensure that firearms are not illegally smuggled into the state for nefarious activities.
Government, the letter stressed, is committed to reducing criminality to near-zero level in the state.
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It reads: “We recognise the increase in proliferation of arms in the state and we cannot afford a situation where firearms are in the hands of people who are neither licensed nor trained to handle them.
“The task force will also afford those already in possession of firearms, illegally, to submit them voluntarily.”
The Commissioner for Information and Communications, Kingsley Fanwo, noted that
Sanni, a former member of the House of Assembly, has vast knowledge in security matters.
