"Nigeria police to undergo drug abuse test before being issued fire arms" Solomon Arase

The Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase on Wednesday said all Policemen will henceforth be subjected to snap urine tests so as to check for drug abuse before being issued firearms.
Disclosing this during the launch of drug testing kits and campaign against sudden death of police officers in Abuja, Arase said officers who fail the test would be denied access to firearms and be weaned from drugs.

The programme was organised by the Nigeria Police Force in collaboration with the Hypertension and Diabetes Awareness Foundation.

“After an in-depth study, my team and I have found out that some of these fatal cases could be due to mishandling of firearms by police officers who are psychologically unfit to handle firearms at that time. We have therefore decided that the medical assessment of persons we recruit into the police Force will include a psychological assessment“ he said.


“Our medical section is well positioned to manage any health problems our officers and men may have,“he said.