YULETIDE: BAN ON FIRE WORKS STILL IN FORCE, DELTA POLICE COMMAND WARNS

CP Ari Ali Mohammed
Delta Police Commissioner

"Parents/Guardians are advised to guide their children and wards to desist from using them. Retailers of such goods are equally warned to withdraw from the sales of these products as anyone arrested will be prosecuted." Delta Police Boss, CP Ari.

The Commissioner of Police Delta State, CP Ari Muhammed Ali FCIA, psc+ has announced that the ban on the use of fireworks is still in force and that the Command will enforce all the extant laws prohibiting the use of fireworks such as ‘knock-out’, ‘banger’ etc especially during this Yuletide season.

In a statement issued and signed by DSP Bright Edafe, Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, the Command Headquarters warned that "Parents/Guardians are advised to guide their children and wards to desist from using them. Retailers of such goods are equally warned to withdraw from the sales of these products as anyone arrested will be prosecuted. 

To this end, the CP has directed all Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers and Tactical Commanders to ensure strict compliance with the ban on fireworks in their respective Areas of Responsibility.