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Merchants of death: Tactics criminals use to smuggle firearms into Nigeria

Merchants of death: Tactics criminals use to smuggle firearms into Nigeria
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Merchants Of Death: Tactics Criminals Use To Smuggle Guns Into Nigeria

Merchants Of Death: Tactics Criminals Use To Smuggle Guns Into Nigeria Criminals are hell-bent on making Nigeria unsafe, with diverse methods being used to smuggle firearms into the country. The country is currently battling insurgents, killer herders, robbers, kidnappers and bandits using sophisticated weapons to cause mayhem across states in the country. Security agents have been able to bust some of the gangs and their methods of smuggling firearms into the country while others albeit escaped their eagle eyes. There are viral videos on the arrested criminals, documenting strange methods adopted to smuggle in the arms. In one of the videos, one of the soldiers who apprehended a group of men of northern extraction transporting guns using motorcycles, said to his colleagues, “As dem dey pass, I fire dem. I lie down for ground and I fire dem.’’

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Welcoming the arms control centre FILE PHOTO: Military commanders inspect arms and ammunition recovered from Boko Haram members on display at the headquarters of the 120th Battalion in Goniri, Yobe State in 2019. By Tue May 11 2021 The International Action Network on Small Arms, Safer World and Oxfam International put it in perspective when they reported that armed conflict cost Africa $18 billion each year and about US$300 billion between 1990 and 2005. During this period, 23 African nations experienced war. The Global Terrorism Index 2020 report ranked Nigeria as the third most terrorised country in the world. The indices have worsened in 2021 with some 80,000 Nigerians estimated to have died in recent months and close to three million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) spread nationwide.

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