The Senate has invited Service Chiefs, Comptroller General of Customs, Hameed Ali, to hold discussions with lawmakers and proffer solutions over 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.
This comes after several killings in the country which has been a major concern to Nigerians.
Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari approved the establishment of a new battalion of the Nigerian Army and a new Police Area Command in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, after 27 people were reported killed and several others injured.
The President, however, condemned the attack in strong terms, describing it as a massacre of innocent Nigerians in the area.
“I am deeply outraged by this unwarranted, unprovoked and reckless destruction of lives by bandits who belong to the lowest level of civilization.
“I feel the pains and devastation of the families of the victims, and this administration will do everything possible to ensure we defeat these enemies of humanity,” he said.
He also assured them that his administration would never abandon them to their fate.
However, 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.
