By Kingsley Omonobi
The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (NCCSALW) says it has destroyed more than 16,000 obsolete, decommissioned and unserviceable weapons since its establishment as part of efforts to curb the proliferation of illicit firearms in Nigeria.
Director-General of the Centre, retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, disclosed this during a courtesy visit to the Inspector-General of Police at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
Kokumo commended the Nigeria Police Force for its contribution to the Centre’s arms disposal programme, revealing that the Force supplied 11,907 illicit, obsolete, decommissioned and unserviceable weapons.
According to him, the weapons comprised 8,438 automatic firearms and 3,489 locally fabricated guns.
