The Nigeria Police has said that Pepper Spray is a prohibited weapon in Nigeria. An Assistant Commissioner of Police and the Head of Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit (PCRRU), Abayomi Shogunle, disclosed this on Twitter. Shogunle said this in response to a Twitter user, Dolapo Pizzu (@DolapoPizzu), who complained that she was arrested and detained at Igando area of Lagos for carrying a Pepper Spray."Oga yomi your boys have stopped me for owning a pepper spray saying it’s an offence.. currently at Igando police station", the complainant tweeted. The police official replied, "What are you doing with a pepper spray? Pepper spray is an offensive weapon, Nigeria Law prohibits going armed in the public".subsection 403B, an offensive weapon is defined as:"...any article apart from a firearm made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intend by the person having it for such use by him and it includes an air gun, air pistol, bow and arrow, spear, Cutlass, matchet, dagger, cudgel, or any piece of wood, metal, glass or stone capable of being used as an offensive weapon.