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IGP begs doctors to treat bullet wound victims without police report

  • Policy was changed to keep victims in need of emergency treatment alive

Inspector-General of Police, (IGP) Mohammed Adamu, has urged medical experts and doctors to treat victims of gunshot first before asking for police report.

Adamu made the appeal on Monday, January 25, when he appeared as guest on Channel TV’s Newsnight programme, noting that there is no issue asking for police report.

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Save life first even if it’s an individual, suspected robber or kidnapper, or bandits

Earlier, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) had ordered hospitals, doctors and medical experts to reject victims of gunshot without a police report.

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The police chief explained that the policy was changed to keep victims in need of emergency treatment alive, saying there is no issue if victims of gunshots are treated as a case of emergency.

IGP, who would bow out from the force on February 1, noted that “Save life first, even if it’s an individual, suspected robber or kidnapper, or bandits.

If he or she has gunshot wounds and goes to the hospital, his life must be saved first before thinking of any other thing to do

There is no issue of asking for a police report before you treat anybody with gunshot wounds

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It would be recalled that the Nigerian Senate, in 2017, passed a bill seeking to establish a law that ensures that victims of gunshot wounds receive the necessary treatment.

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