Police Seize Nearly 1000 Illegal Weapons And Ammo

The top leadership of the Nigerian Police has rounded up thousands of weapons and rounds of ammunition throughout the nation.

The National Centre for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons in Abuja received the cleaned-up weapons today.

Usman Alkali Baba, the Inspector General of Police, said at the presentation of the guns that banditry, abduction, and armed robbery are all fuelled by small arms and light weapons across the nation.

Among the many weaponry given to the center were 265 automatic rifles and rocket launchers.

Details to follow.