Thursday,
October 17, 2024 -The National
Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has revealed that many of the
illicit weapons currently used by terrorists and bandits in Nigeria originally
belonged to the Federal Government.
Ribadu state this on Thursday, October 17, 2024, in Abuja at the
Arms Destruction Exercise organised by the National Centre for the Control of
Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) in the Office of the National Security
Adviser (ONSA).
The NSA said these weapons fell into the wrong hands due to corrupt
elements within the security agencies.
He, however, said the country is capable of handling its security
concerns.
“We have to find a way of putting a stop to this. We must, if we want to
recover our country and live in peace and stability,” he said.
“The worst human being is a policeman or a soldier who will take arms
from his own formations and sell it or hide it out for the bad people to come
and kill his own colleagues.
“We must fight these people, but also there are merchants of death and
evil from outside the world.
“The proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons remains a major threat to our national security, exacerbating issues such as insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes.”
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