Reported by Leadership on 19 May 2026. Read the summary below, then continue to the full story.
A former Chief of Army Staff, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has raised concern over the growing proliferation of illicit firearms across the Sahel region, disclosing that more than 14 million weapons are currently in the hands of non-state actors. Dambazau, who is Nigeria’s ambassador-designate to China, made the revelation in an interview with the News Agency of []