Asadu spoke in Ilorin, the state capital, when he visited members of the Correspondents' Chapel of the state council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).

He said: "This issue has been over-flogged. It is not true that you must first take the gunshot victim to the police station for a police report before heading for the hospital for his treatment. The first action is to take the victim to the hospital and subsequently inform the police."

The police chief assured the residents of protection for life and property, saying he would leave the state better secured and more peaceful than he met it.

According to him, the command will continue to combat crimes and criminality to ensure harmony across the state.