Disrupt Cross-Border Arms Supply To Secure 2027 Elections, IGP Tells African Nations

The inspector-general of police (IGP), Tunji Disu, has identified disrupting cross-border arms trafficking as critical to preventing electoral violence and securing Nigeria’s 2027 general elections.
Disu stated this yesterday in Abuja while opening a five-day Small Arms and Light Weapons Identification and Tracing (SALW-IT) Simulation Programme involving security personnel from 12 African countries.
The programme, scheduled from 12th October to October 16, 2026, is designed to strengthen participants’ capacity to identify, mark, register and trace small arms, light weapons and ammunition through technical training and practical simulations at the Nigeria Police Simulation Centre.
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