Prior to police reporting, the Kogi government orders hospitals to handle gunshot victims

According to the administration, the decision became necessary to prevent the deaths of law-abiding citizens.On Monday, the Kogi government ordered all hospitals in the state to provide emergency care to anyone who has been shot in the state.In an interview with reporters in Lokoja, the state's commissioner of health, Dr. Zakari Usman, stated that the decision had become necessary in order to preserve the lives of defenseless people."As a government, we must alter the narrative by ordering the state's hospitals and other medical facilities to treat gunshot victims as soon as possible in order to preserve human life. "This directive is in line with the position of the Inspector General of Police to deviate from the norms of the past when police reports were required before victims of gunshots could be treated at hospitals.