Police IG in Nigeria insists his men will kill in defence during the election

Police IG in Nigeria insists his men will kill in defence during the election if any violent group attacks them. This was in response to his former statement where he said his men will kill to avoid bloodshed of any police officer. Find his full statement below

“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" he said.