Pastor Adefarasin: Why stun gun is illegal — Police

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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has said that pointing a stun gun at someone is a criminal offence under Nigerian law, even if the device is non-lethal.

Jimoh made this known on Thursday while speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, during which he provided an update on the investigation involving the Senior Pastor of House on the Rock Church, Paul Adefarasin.

Adefarasin was recently invited for questioning over a viral video showing him with an object that many believed was a firearm.

The Lagos police have since confirmed it was a stun gun.

“Nothing is an offence under the law, except what the law states to be an offence. Even under the Fire Arms Act, if you fashion out anything that is not metal, like wood, and you make it look like a gun, and you use that guise to take possession of property from another person, you have committed armed robbery.

“So, pointing a stun gun at another individual and sending that threat and fear to such a person at that particular time constitutes an offence. So, the police are doing everything in line with the law,” the Lagos CP said.

Jimoh also said the stun gun recovered from the pastor qualifies as prohibited riot control equipment under Nigerian law. Punch