IGP Disu calls for African collaboration to tackle arms proliferation

The Inspector-Common of Police, IGP Olatunji Disu, has recognized the proliferation of small fingers and lightweight guns as one of the most gravest threats to peace and safety throughout Africa, noting that the guns don’t appreciate borders.

Disu mentioned this in his opening speech on the opening rite of the Small Palms and Mild Guns Id and Tracing (SALW-IT) simulation programme in Abuja on Monday.

He stressed out the will for collaboration amongst African international locations to support their collective capability within the identity, marking, registration and tracing of small fingers, gentle guns and ammunition.

“That danger is apparent. The proliferation of small fingers and lightweight guns stays one of the most gravest risks to peace and safety throughout Africa. Those guns don’t appreciate borders. They gas terrorism, armed banditry, kidnapping, communal battle and organised crime — from the Sahel and the Lake Chad Basin to each nook of our continent.

“Nigeria, like lots of our sister countries, has borne the human and financial price of this scourge. We perceive — painfully — that no nation can win this battle on my own,” he mentioned.

He added, “This is the reason the central goal of this programme is so essential: to support our collective capability within the identity, marking, registration and tracing of small fingers, gentle guns and ammunition.

“A weapon that can not be traced is a lifeless finish for any investigation. Id and tracing aren’t mere technical procedures. They’re the basis of duty. They’re the gateway to intelligence. They’re the important thing that hyperlinks a recovered weapon to the community, the financier, and the course at the back of it.

“I’m in particular happy that this programme puts a top rate on sensible, hands-on studying thru simulation. Concept will have to be matched by means of follow. The simulation workout routines — together with the indoor taking pictures eventualities to be performed on the Nigeria Police Simulation Centre — will position each and every player beneath sensible prerequisites that carefully reflect the operational realities our officials face day-to-day within the box.”

The contributors had been drawn from Chad, the Central African Republic, Mali, Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger, Libya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo and Nigeria.

The IGP mentioned the Nigeria Police Pressure used to be totally dedicated no longer simplest to the targets of the programme but in addition to the wider regional and continental effort to keep an eye on the proliferation of small fingers and lightweight guns.

“We will be able to proceed to give you the enabling atmosphere, institutional strengthen and operational cooperation required to maintain the positive aspects of this coaching,” he mentioned.