The Force Headquarters on Tuesday announced that the police stopped the issuance of licenses for small arms due to the high rate of illegal arms proliferation in the country. There are too many arms in circulation and if we continue to issue licenses on arms, we may continue to aggravate the problems we are trying to solve,” Egbetokun said. However, he further noted that the police might review the ban in the future. “For now, there is a temporary ban on the issuance of firearms. We May review it later, but we are not issuing firearms licenses nationwide now.”The PUNCH reports that the Firearm Act has been responsible for the control of firearms in Nigeria for the past years.

Source: Punch August 08, 2023 23:13 UTC