Nigeria: Disrupt Cross-Border Arms Supply to Secure 2027 Elections, IGP Tells African Nations

Nigeria: 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.

IGP Links Illegal Arms Trade to 2027 Election Security

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji  Disu, has identified the disruption of illicit arms trafficking across national borders as a critical measure to safeguarding Nigeria’s 2027 general elections. Disu stated this in Abuja while declaring open the Small Arms and Light Weapons Identification and Tracing (SALW-IT) Simulation Programme, a five-day initiative running from October 12 […]

IGP Disu launches small arms tracing programme, rallies 12 African nations on election security

Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, has declared open the Small Arms and Light Weapons Identification and Tracing (SALW-IT) Simulation Programme in Abuja. The five-day programme, running from 12th to 16th October 2026, is designed to strengthen participants’ capacity to identify, mark, register and trace small arms, light weapons

Police Sound Alarm Over Illegal Guns Ahead of 2027 Elections - NewsTmes.com.ng

(Inspector General of Police, Tunji Disu. Photo Credit: Nigerian Police | X) Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Olatunji Disu, says stopping guns from crossing borders is vital if the country wants a calm general election next year. He spoke in Abuja while opening a five day training on how to identify and trace small … The post Police Sound Alarm Over Illegal Guns Ahead of 2027 Elections appeared first on NewsTmes.com.ng.

Nigeria Police Train Officers From 12 African Countries To Trace Illegal Weapons Ahead Of 2027 Elections

Participants are drawn from Nigeria, Chad, the Central African Republic, Mali, Algeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Niger, Libya, Benin and the Republic of the Congo.