Unless concerted, drastic, and urgent measures are taken to pull back from the brink, Nigeria, more than before, risks spinning out of control. xxMerchants of the lucrative and largely untrammeled arms business are also having a field day, with supplies going to all manner of militias and criminals in the country. For instance, in 2017 the Nigeria Customs made a seizure of 440 guns of various sizes and designs shipped from Turkey to Lagos. Subsequently, the Tin Can Island Command also uncovered a container with another cache of arms imported from Turkey. These are only the known incidents; it is feared that more cases of illegal arms importation are not made public or even discovered.

Source: The Guardian April 28, 2021 03:44 UTC