Revealed: Most illegal arms in South East are produced locally

Presidential Committee on Small Arms and Light Weapons, PRESCOM, stakeholders’ sensitization forum, which held at Enugu for South East zone, has revealed that about 60 per cent of the illegal arms in the zone are produced locally.

Professor Aloysius Okolie, South East coordinator on House Survey of PRESCOM, made the revelation during a two-day stakeholders’ sensitization forum on the comprehensive survey.

His words: “some communities are known for their natural fabrication of arms... 40 per cent of the arms are imported by the political leaders and the rest 60 per cent fabricated within the zone.” 

“The essence of the survey is not for the government to embark on disarmament, but to find out those factors that motivate people into acquiring such arms and sources of the arms.”