Nigeria Police High Command says it has recovered more than four thousand prohibited firearms across the country.

According to the command, the categories of the prohibited arms include artillery, apparatus for the discharge of any explosives of gas diffusing projectile, rocket weapons, bombs and grenades, machine guns and machine-pistols and military rifles.

Others are calibers 7.62mm, 9mm, .300 inches, revolvers and pistols whether rifled or unrifled, including flint-lock pistols and cap pistols, pump action gun of all categories and any other firearms/lethal weapons fabricated to kill.

The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, had directed Commissioners of Police of State Commands and the Federal Capital Territory to commence the recovery of prohibited firearms in the country.

Idris, who announced the recoveries at the monthly meeting with commissioners of police and above, said the exercise would reduce the level of criminality and violence in the country.

He commended all assistant inspectors-general of police and commissioners of police of commands for their roles in the recovery of prohibited firearms.

On the 2019 general elections, he said the police had major roles to play in providing security for hitch-free elections, saying every police officer should consider it a duty to the service of the country.

The police boss restated the organisation’s commitment to provide adequate security for Nigerians by enforcing the country’s laws.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Police said one hundred thousand, five hundred and twenty-nine officers had been promoted since Idris’ assumption of office.

According to Force Public Relations Officer, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, Jimoh Moshood, said the officer cadre were four thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine while inspectors and rank and file were ninety-five thousand five hundred and seventy.