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Insecurity: Villagers Stockpile Arms For Self-Defence

Daily Trust (Nigeria)

24 August 2021

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In 2017, a cargo of 440 guns was intercepted in Lagos. The consignment was earlier declared as white cement. In all, Customs said it seized nearly 4,000 guns in the various operations and catchment of cartridges at its Niger/Kwara/Kogi command.

In January 2018, a container loaded with 49 boxes of 661 pump action arms was intercepted by Customs. The rifles were laden in a Mack truck before it was intercepted along the Mile 2-Apapa Road, Lagos.

A sample survey of activities of security agencies conducted by Daily Trust showed that in 2020 alone, no fewer than 4,338 arrests were made in different parts of the country, while 255 guns and 2,204 ammunitions were recovered by security operatives. Similarly, 1,417 cartridges were recovered from the suspects, including three dynamites.

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