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Insecurity: Nigeria under siege, Senate says
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By Henry Umoru
THE Senate has again raised the alarm that Nigeria is under siege following the continued security challenges in the country with attendant armed banditry and Kidnapping.
According to the Senate, Nigeria is presently under siege from what it described as murderous non – state actors, whose activities are threatening continued existence of the country.
Speaking Monday in Abuja at a public hearing organised by the Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, All Progressives Congress, APC, Ekiti Central led
Joint Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Navy and Marine Transport on Firearms Act 2004 (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Exclusive Economic Zones Act 2010 ( Repeal and Re – Enactment ) Bill 2021,
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The Senate has declared the nation is under siege from murderous non-state actors whose activities are threatening the existence of the nation.
The position of the upper legislative chamber is further corroborated by the United Nations which revealed that 70% of illegal arms in West Africa are domiciled in Nigeria.
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Africa (UNREC), revealed that out of 500 million illegal weapons circulating in West Africa, 350 million, which represents 70%, are in the hands of criminally minded people in Nigeria.
Making the frightening submissions at the public hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Senator Uba Sani representing the Kaduna Central Senatorial district said the country needs to urgently address the worrisome situation.
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There is no respite for Nigerians over the scary security challenge as 70 per cent of the illegal firearms in the subregion are circulating in the country.
Senator representing Kaduna Central, Uba Sani, gave the startling revelation, on Monday, in Abuja at the public hearing organised by the Senate Joint Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters, Navy and Marine Transport on the Firearms Act 2004 ( Amendment) Bill 2021 and Exclusive Economic Zones Act 2010 ( Repeal and Re-Enactment ) Bill 2021.