Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Sunday Ehindero, has ordered his men to shoot on sight any person or group wielding arms and other dangerous weapons to attack police stations, even as he vowed that the force will not allow miscreants to disturb the conduct of the forthcoming presidential and National Assembly elections.

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supported as long as it will not make the presidential election as shameful as last weeks one

lets not just hope but believe so

Good Idea.  you cant kill police and expect to get a slap on the wrist.  in AMERICA you even touch a cop you get 20 to life in jail you kill a cop you get the gas chamber.  Nigeria need to adopt the same process

supported, but i hope the police would be able to different between hoodlum and the only innocent person running to the station for help or from his/her attackers.

But the police in US for instance are above board. They can't kill for just twenty card(N20). This is the big difference. The shoot-at-sight order is unpopular nowadays. We are living in a civilized society; and the sanctity of lives cannot be undermined.

McDoe are you serious? they killed a black man in NYC for trying to get his wallet with over 50 rounds of gun shots. DUH how many bullet does it take to kill one man?

NY police kill man on wedding day

No gun was found in the car which was hit by 21 bullets
An unarmed man has been shot dead by police in New York City hours before he was to have been married, prompting fury over the officers' actions.
Two of the man's friends were hurt in the shooting, which occurred outside a strip club where they had been celebrating before the wedding.

Police fired 50 bullets at a car carrying the men after it reportedly struck an unmarked police vehicle.

New York's mayor says police had acted fearing an armed "altercation".

"Officers on the scene had reason to believe that an altercation involving a firearm was about to happen and were trying to stop it," Michael Bloomberg said.

The club was under surveillance because of its long history of weapons complaints, drug-dealing and prostitution, New York's Police Chief Raymond Kelly said.

Civil rights activist Al Sharpton has demanded the police explain its actions.

"Gunshots all over the place. This is outrageous at best," he said.

He also criticised the police for handcuffing the two men receiving emergency care for their injuries in hospital.

Denise Ford, the mother of one of the men hurt in the shooting, is quoted as saying her son was shot in the hand, right leg and buttocks.

"I think this is messed-up on the cops' behalf," Ms Ford told New York newspaper Newsday.

"They're too hotheaded and something needs to be done about it."


Police suspicions

A total of 21 bullets hit the car the men were in as they left the strip club, police said.

The driver, Sean Bell, was to be married later on Saturday. He was pronounced dead on arrival at hospital.


Al Sharpton said the police must explain its actions


One of his passengers, Joseph Guzman was hit by at least 11 bullets and is in a critical condition in hospital.

The other passenger, Trent Benefield, was hit three times and is in a stable condition.

Police Chief Kelly said the three men were also being watched.

He said an undercover officer at the club had reported that the men were in a group that was involved in a dispute with another person outside the club.

The officer had reportedly called his colleagues saying he feared a gun would be produced.

As the men left the scene, a car they were driving struck an undercover officer on the shin.

It also hit an unmarked police vehicle, which is when five of the seven police officers on the scene opened fire, Mr Kelly said.

No weapons were found on the three men or in their car. An investigation is under way.

In 1999, New York police fired 41 bullets at unarmed Amadou Diallo, killing him. The four officers involved were acquitted of all charges.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6184948.stm

Mamajama, if you are sure of these, then our corps are saints, or what do you think? However, the shoot-at-sight order remain condemned as far as I am concerned. In as much as I cannot support gangstarism, human beings shouldn't be plucked down at the slightest provocation all in the name of law and order.