IGP Disu: Curb cross-border arms flows ahead of 2027 polls

By Kingsley Omonobi
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has identified the disruption of illicit cross-border arms trafficking as critical to preventing electoral violence and securing Nigeria’s 2027 general elections.
Disu stated this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a five-day Small Arms and Light Weapons Identification and Tracing (SALW-IT) Simulation Programme involving security personnel from 12 African countries.
He said small arms and light weapons were among the major drivers of electoral violence, noting that illicitly acquired firearms were used to intimidate voters, harass political opponents, disrupt polling, and attack electoral personnel a...