…armsWhile affirming the government's commitment to combating the spread of sophisticated illegal weapons, Kokumo said legitimate local arms manufacturers were not being targeted. He acknowledged the long-standing role of artisanal producers in communities across Nigeria, particularly those making Dane guns used by hunt…

…were intercepted by the Nigerian Customs Service at the port. And this cache of arms, illegal weapons, handed over to the centre. “I was not there in a representative capacity; I was there personally. And the Comptroller-General, of course, was also present personally to do the handing over,” he said. According to him,…

…decommissioned small arms and light weapons in Abuja, pushing the cumulative number of illegal weapons permanently removed from circulation to roughly 19,000.The exercise was organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment, Giri, as part of a…

…yesterday, reassured Nigerians of the Federal Government’s commitment to mopping up illegal weapons across the country as part of efforts to secure lives and property. He said this during the public destruction of 2,819 illicit, decommissioned and unserviceable small arms and light weapons at the Muhammadu Buhari Canto…

…and decommissioned small arms and light weapons in Abuja, raising the total number of illegal weapons permanently removed from circulation to about 19,000. This is as the government warned arms traffickers that every weapon in their possession would eventually be traced and destroyed. The destruction exercise, organise…

…sale of illegal arms,” he said. He added that the police had intensified the recovery of illegal weapons ahead of the 2027 general elections and would sustain civil disarmament campaigns to encourage the voluntary surrender of illicit arms. Earlier, the DG of the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms & Light We…