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178,459 firearms missing from police armories

Status
No final report
Assembly
House of Representatives
Opened
20 January 2022
Assembly term
9th National Assembly (2019–2023)
Committee
Ad hoc committee
Sum at issue
Not stated
Subject
Spending and misuse of funds
Without a report for
1,756 days

On a motion by the Deputy Minority Leader, Toby Okechukwu (PDP, Enugu), the House of Representatives set up an ad hoc committee to investigate the 178,459 firearms and rounds of ammunition, including 88,078 AK-47 rifles, reported missing from the Nigeria Police Force armory as of December 2018 in the Auditor-General's 2019 report, and to report within four weeks. It called on the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to apprehend those responsible.

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What the record shows

  • 20 January 2022
    Probe opened.
  • As of 11 November 2026
    No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.