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Government orders arms for police

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    The Nigerian government has ordered a new range of sophisticated arms, ammunition and equipment for the police force to help it tackle increasing cases of armed robbery and violent crime, ‘The Guardian’ daily reported on Monday.

    The paper quoted police spokesman Haz Iwendi as saying that the new weapons and equipment would strengthen the police, whose efforts against crime had been hampered by a lack of modern equipment. “With good transport and communication, when you make a distress call, the police will arrive there on time,” he was quoted as saying.

    In the past 10 months a total of 84 policemen have been killed by armed robbers nationwide, Iwendi was reported as saying.

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