Tackling light arms proliferation

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Nigeria faces an immediate and severe threat from the proliferation of small arms and light weapons, which fuels violence including banditry, kidnapping, and communal clashes. The availability of pistols, assault rifles, and improvised firearms has intensified insecurity and social decay in affected communities.

The proliferation of small arms and light weapons across Nigeria is not a distant threat; it is an immediate, corrosive reality that bleeds communities dry of security, livelihood and hope. Pistols, assault rifles and improvised firearms have become the currency of violence, multiplying the lethality of banditry, kidnapping, communal clashes and organised crime. Where once […] The post Tackling light arms proliferation appeared first on Vanguard News.