Senate Invites Service Chiefs, Customs CG On Proliferation Of Firearms

The Senate has invited Service Chiefs, Comptroller
General of Customs, Hameed Ali, to hold discussions with lawmakers
to proffer solutions on the proliferation of dangerous firearms in
Nigeria.

The lawmakers mandated the Senate Committee on Intelligence and
National Security to conduct a thorough investigation, with a view
to unravelling the remote and immediate causes of the proliferation
of firearms in the country as well as proffer a lasting solution to
the problem.

Presenting a motion on the proliferation of dangerous firearms
in the country, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, said that sectarian
clashes including the herdsmen farmers’ crises are now more
devastating due to the wrongful and easy acquisition of
firearms.

He added that this ugly trend has contributed to the colossal
loss of lives and wanton destruction of property of Nigerians.

The lawmakers have also called on the Federal Government to hold
a special security summit with a view to unravelling the debacle
and better handling of the careless proliferation of weapons in our
society.

The Senate has invited Service Chiefs, Comptroller
General of Customs, Hameed Ali, to hold discussions with lawmakers
to proffer solutions on the proliferation of dangerous firearms in
Nigeria.

The lawmakers mandated the Senate Committee on Intelligence and
National Security to conduct a thorough investigation, with a view
to unravelling the remote and immediate causes of the proliferation
of firearms in the country as well as proffer a lasting solution to
the problem.

Presenting a motion on the proliferation of dangerous firearms
in the country, Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi, said that sectarian
clashes including the herdsmen farmers’ crises are now more
devastating due to the wrongful and easy acquisition of
firearms.

He added that this ugly trend has contributed to the colossal
loss of lives and wanton destruction of property of Nigerians.

The lawmakers have also called on the Federal Government to hold
a special security summit with a view to unravelling the debacle
and better handling of the careless proliferation of weapons in our
society.