Headline : National Security: Balancing Transparency With Strategic Confidentiality

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The National Security Adviser to the President, Nuhu Ribadu, recently stated that the proliferation of illicit small arms and light weapons is a major threat to Nigeria’s national security, exacerbating terrorism, banditry, and other violent crimes.

He went further by directly accusing members of the police and military of supplying arms and ammunition from their formations to criminal elements. This is not the first time such allegations have surfaced.

In 2014, Dr. Stephen Davis, an Australian negotiator hired by the Nigerian government to facilitate the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, publicly accused some military officers and politicians of selling weapons to terrorist groups like Boko Haram.

Since then, similar allegations have been made by various sources, including whistleblowers within the security forces. Ribadu’s recent comments, though significant, reflect a long-standing issue that many Nigerians have suspected or known about.

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