The National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, has said that a sizable number of illicit arms being used to commit crimes in the country originally belonged to the government.
Ribadu said this on Thursday during the arms destruction exercise that took place at the Muhammadu Buhari Cantonment Giri, Abuja.
It was organised by the National Centre for the Control of Small Arms And Light Weapons, Office of the National Security Adviser.
He explained that the weapons ended up in the hands of non-state actors due to corrupt elements within the security agencies.
The NSA condemned and rained curses on the security personnel who facilitate the movement of weapons to terrorists, bandits and other non-state actors.
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He vowed that the government would do everything possible to ensure the country’s safety, security, and protection.
Ribadu said: “We have to find a way of putting a stop to this.
“We must if we want to recover our country and live in peace and stability.
“The worst human being is a policeman or a soldier who will take arms from his own formations and sell it or hire it out for the bad people to come and kill his own colleagues.
“We must fight these people, but also there are merchants of death and evil from outside the world.
“The proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons remains a major threat to our national security, exacerbating issues such as insurgency, banditry and other violent crimes.”
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