The Chairman of the National Peace Committee (NPC), General Abdulsalami Abubakar has said that about six million illicit weapons are in circulation in Nigeria.
The former Head of State said this during a meeting of the NPC with the Nigerian Guild of Editors.
According to him, the proliferation of illicit arms has contributed greatly to the current insecurity climate in the country.
He said, “The proliferation of caliber of weapons not only in our sub-region, but in general, and in Nigeria in particular, is worrying.”
“It is estimated that over six million of such weapons are in circulation in our country. This certainly aggravated the insecurity and led to over 80,000 deaths and also we have close to three million internally displaced persons.”
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