Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, joint ECOWAS and the EU, on Monday, destroyed over 200 arms and 5,510 ammunitions in the flag off of ECOWAS-European Union Arms Destruction Exercise in Calabar. Cross River State governor, Ben Ayade, representatives of Ecowas- EU and service commanders in the state took part in the destruction exercise. The dangers of arms proliferation, militancy and youth restiveness dominated discourse at the flag-off of the Ecowas-European Union Arms Destruction Exercise held in the state capital. A total of 260 arms and 5510 ammunition, surrendered by the Bakassi Strike Force and Khaki Boys were destroyed. The second wave of the pandemic was officially announced after the infections began to rise in the first week of December…Border security: Gov Ayade, EU-ECOWAS destroy 260 arms, 5,510 ammunitions in Calabar

Source: Nigerian Tribune January 25, 2021 18:22 UTC