If anyone attacks you, respond violently – AIG Mbu orders his men

by Kolapo Olapoju

The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, Lagos, Joseph Mbu, has reaffirmed his statement that police officers should readily take revenge whenever they are attacked by any violent groups or persons.

Mbu said this while speaking with journalists in Olorunsogo, Ogun State, on Friday, February 20, during the inauguration of the Olorunsogo II Power Station by President Goodluck Jonathan.

When approached by journalists to clarify the controversial statement credited to him that 20 civilians would be murdered for every policeman killed, Mbu initially stated that the media reports were mischievous and different from what he said in Abeokuta.

The AIG, – while saying that he considered arresting the journalists who reported his supposed comments to prove the veracity, however, went ahead to re-echo the words again, saying: “I still stand by what I said. And what I said is very clear: that if any violent group attacks my policemen, my policemen should attack them violently.”

“If any violent group attacks a law-abiding citizen in a bid to cause injury or cause harm, the police should repel and save that law-abiding citizen because we have the powers to do so.”

“If hoodlums or touts decide to be lawless; carrying knives, carrying illegal firearms and shooting at my policemen, if they shoot at my policemen and they are a hundred or 200, my policemen will not be looking at them. They will reply back in self-defence. The number I kill is immaterial because a policeman is also a human being.”

When asked if his strategy was the most efficient way to address the situation, Mbu retorted, saying: “Which other way do you think you can handle it? You will shoot at the police. Is it not when the person is alive that he is coming to give evidence? How will somebody who is violently attacking others be stopped; how are you going to stop him? Are you going to use your hands? You must repel him using a stronger force.”

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